Oil Spill at 18" Ebocha-Ogoda pipeline at Owube Community

Incident 2023/LAR/099165 · NAOC · 24 Mar 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 24 Mar 2023Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date24 Mar 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity6 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.20794, 6.59125

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported24 Mar 2023

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00142921

JIV date25 Mar 2023

Impact description supplied by source

The Team observed a fire out break on the incident point. However, the fire was put out by NAOC fire team. Upon excavation, 150mm long hacksaw cut was observed on the pipeline at 11- 1 O'clock position caused by unknown person(s) for oil theft purpose