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

Incident 2022/SAR/051/117 · NAOC · 15 Jun 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 15 Jun 2022Retrieved: 3 Nov 2026

Incident date15 Jun 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity10 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered2 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.76006, 5.97758

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported15 Jun 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00594590

JIV date16 Jun 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE 2'' NIPPLE INSTALLATION ON THE PIPELINE AT 12 O' CLOCK POSITION. THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION WERE IMPACTED.