Oil Spill at 14'' AKRI-EBOCHA PIPELINE @ MMAHU OHAJI/EGBEMA LGA IMO STATE

Incident 2023/LAR/024 · NAOC · 15 Jan 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 15 Jan 2023Retrieved: 5 Nov 2026

Incident date15 Jan 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.12 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.53619, 6.71586

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported15 Jan 2023

StateImo

LGAOhaji/Egbema

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area18

JIV date15 Jan 2023

Impact description supplied by source

UPON EXCAVATION THE JIV TEAM OBSERVED A PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED POINTS ON THE PIPELINE. CRUDE WAS SEEPING FROM A HACKSAW CUT FROM ONE OF THE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED POINT.