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Oil Spill at TAYLOR CREEK FLOWLINE AT AKUMONI COMMUNITY

Incident 2017/LAR/005 · NAOC · 14 Jan 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 14 Jan 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date14 Jan 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity1.5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.12836, 6.45653

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported14 Jan 2017

StateBayelsa

LGAYenagoa

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityFl

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00000900

JIV date15 Jan 2017

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL 0CCURRED DUE TO SABOTGAE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE HACKSAW CUT ON THE FACILITY. THE SPILL WAS WITHIN COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

14 Jan 2017

Report date

14 Jan 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

15 Jan 2017

Spill stop date

15 Jan 2017

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