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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 772830
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Oil Spill at 20'' RUMUEKPE-NKPOKU TNP AT OMUIKE ALUU

Incident 772830 · SPDC · 4 Dec 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 4 Dec 2022Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date04 Dec 2022Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity14 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered6 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence3Source attachment links

Incident location

4.95050, 6.91389
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported4 Dec 2022
StateRivers
LGAIkwere
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.0004
JIV date5 Dec 2022

Impact description supplied by source

The Team assessed the spill area; found the spill point was on fire (see figure 1), this was quenched by SPDC’s Firemen before JIV could commence. Upon mechanical exposure of the line, the team observed: • There was an installation of a failed 2’’ Ball valve at 12 O’clock position. It was confirmed a Leaking point (see figure 2). • The Impacted Area covered SPDC’s ROW and Third Party Area (Withered Vegetation, Carbonized surface around the spill area resulting from fire and pool of crude oil in a dyke within the vicinity of the Spill Area) see figure 3.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

4 Dec 2022

Report date

4 Dec 2022

Joint Investigation Visit

5 Dec 2022

Spill stop date

6 Dec 2022

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