Oil Spill at 24'' OGUDA/BRASS PIPELINE AT NEMBE

Incident 2022/SAR/009/035 · NAOC · 5 Mar 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 5 Mar 2022Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026

Incident date05 Mar 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity1,250 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.51875, 6.36350

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported5 Mar 2022

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area3.15825852

JIV date7 Mar 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE BLAST ON THE FACILITY FOR OIL THEFT ACTIVITY. THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION AND SURFACE WATER WAS IMPACTED.