Oil spills / Bayelsa / Incident 2023/SAR/018

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Oil Spill at 6" PIRIGBENE/OBAMA FLOWLINE @ EPEBU.

Incident 2023/SAR/018 · NAOC · 30 Jan 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 30 Jan 2023Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026

Incident date30 Jan 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity4.09 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered0.12 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

4.62850, 6.21558

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported30 Jan 2023

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityFl

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00027413

JIV date31 Jan 2023

Impact description supplied by source

UNKNOWN PERSONS INSTALLED 2" VALVE ON THE FACILITY.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

30 Jan 2023

Report date

30 Jan 2023

Joint Investigation Visit

31 Jan 2023

Spill stop date

31 Jan 2023

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