Oil Spill at 6'' OGBOINBIRI/TEBIDABA PIPELINE AT OKPOTUWARI

Incident 2022/SAR/082 · NAOC · 18 Aug 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 18 Aug 2022Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date18 Aug 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.26 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered0.26 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.77647, 5.98078

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported18 Aug 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00261504

JIV date19 Aug 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS AS A RESULT OF SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE INSTALLATION OF 2'' VALVE ON THE PIPELINE. THE AREA OF IMPACT WAS WITHIN COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION WERE IMPACTED.