Oil Spill at 14'' OGBOINBIRI/TEBIDABA PIPELINE AT AZUZUAMA

Incident 2022/SAR/031 · NAOC · 25 May 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 25 May 2022Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date25 May 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity15 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered2 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.73942, 5.97539

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported25 May 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00197874

JIV date25 May 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS AS A RESULT OF SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE 3'' VALVE INSTALLATION ON THE PIPELINE AT 12 O' CLOCK POSITION. THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION WERE IMPACTED.