Oil Spill at 18'' TEBIDABA/BRASS PIPELINE AT ELEPA

Incident 2021/SAR/008 · NAOC · 5 Feb 2021

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

Incident date05 Feb 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity30 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.45822, 6.17386

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported5 Feb 2021

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00476000

JIV date6 Feb 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE INSTALLED 4'' NIPPLE ON THE PIPELINE AT 12 O'CLOCK POSITION. THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. SURFACE WAS IMPACTED.