Oil Spill at 6'' OGBOINBIRI/TEBIDABA PIPELINE AT OKPOTUWARI

Incident 2022/SAR/059 · NAOC · 30 Jun 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 30 Jun 2022Retrieved: 3 Nov 2026

Incident date30 Jun 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity25 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered2 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.77561, 5.98069

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported30 Jun 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.01949642

JIV date30 Jun 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A 2" VALVE INSTALLED ON THE FACILITY FOR OIL THEFT ACTIVITY.THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION WAS IMPACTED