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: 5 Sept 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

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CompanyNAOC

Reported18 Aug 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

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.