Oil Spill at 8'' & 6'' PIRIGBENE/OBAMA FLOWLINE AT PIRIGBENE

Incident 2021/SAR/040 · NAOC · 9 Jul 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 9 Jul 2021Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date09 Jul 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity20 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered8.3 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.62853, 6.21511

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported9 Jul 2021

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseNot supplied

FacilityFl

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00314727

JIV date14 Jul 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE HACKSAW CUT ON THE FLOWLINE. THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION AND SURFACE WATER IMPACTED.