Oil Spill at 14'' SAMABIRI- IDU PIPELINE AT BISENI

Incident 2020/LAR/038/074 · NAOC · 18 May 2020

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 18 May 2020Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date18 May 2020Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity20.7 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered5 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.27347, 6.47931

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported18 May 2020

StateBayelsa

LGASagbama

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.02197756

JIV date19 May 2020

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE INSTALLED 3'' BALL VALVE ON THE PIPELINE. THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION IMPACTED.