Oil Spill at 18'' TEBIDABA/BRASS PIPELINE AT MBIKIBA

Incident 2021/SAR/006 · NAOC · 24 Jan 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 24 Jan 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date24 Jan 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity10 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.48392, 6.09769

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported24 Jan 2021

StateBayelsa

LGABrass

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00115900

JIV date25 Jan 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE 2'' VALVE INSTALLATION ON THE PIPELINE. THE AREA OF IMPACT WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY FACILITY RIGHT OF WAY. SURFACE WATER AND FISHES WERE IMPACTED.