Oil Spill at 18'' TEBIDABA/BRASS PIPELINE AT ELEPA

Incident 2022/SAR/083 · NAOC · 20 Aug 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Aug 2022Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date20 Aug 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.03 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered0.03 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.45394, 6.18192

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported20 Aug 2022

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00006672

JIV date21 Aug 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE INSTALLED 4'' VALVE ON THE PIPELINE AT 12 O' CLOCK POSITION. THE SPILL WAS WITHIN COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. SURFACE WATER IMPACTED.