Oil Spill at 36" RUMUEKPE - NKPOKU PIPELINE AT IBAA EMOUHA LGA

Incident 2990851 · SPDC · 8 Jul 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 8 Jul 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date08 Jul 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.95320, 6.84235

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported8 Jul 2021

StateRivers

LGAEmuoha

ContaminantNo

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date4 Feb 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THERE WAS A 3" BALL VALVE CONNECTED TO THE 36" SPDC PIPELINE . THIS CONNECTION WAS NOT LEAKING AS AT THE TIME OF JIV. THOUGH DURING THE REPAIR'S DITCH PREPARATION, THE JIT OBSERVED FREE PHASE CRUDE SEEPING OUT FROM THE SUBSOIL.