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Oil Spill at 14'' AKRI-EBOCHA PIPELINE AT ABEZI COMMUNITY

Incident 2023/LAR/018 · NAOC · 12 Jan 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Jan 2023Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date12 Jan 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity2.8 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.49400, 6.70656

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported12 Jan 2023

StateImo

LGAOhaji/Egbema

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00005900

JIV date12 Jan 2023

Impact description supplied by source

FAILURE OF THE PREVIOUS WELDED CONE AT 12 0'CLOCK POSITION ON THE PIPELINE.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

12 Jan 2023

Report date

12 Jan 2023

Joint Investigation Visit

12 Jan 2023

Spill stop date

12 Jan 2023

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