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

Incident 2022/SAR/052/118 · NAOC · 15 Jun 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 15 Jun 2022Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date15 Jun 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity20 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered3 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.75986, 5.97758

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported15 Jun 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.01642611

JIV date16 Jun 2022

Impact description supplied by source

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