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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2023/LAR/101/171
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Oil Spill at 18" Ebocha-Ogoda pipeline at Owube Community , Awelga

Incident 2023/LAR/101/171 · NAOC · 27 Mar 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 27 Mar 2023Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026
Incident date27 Mar 2023Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.19106, 6.59311
Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC
Reported27 Mar 2023
StateRivers
LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00059717
JIV date27 Mar 2023

Impact description supplied by source

There was a fire outbreak on the incident point. However, the fire was put out by NAOC fire team. Upon excavation, 110mm long hacksaw cut was observed on the pipeline at 10- 11 O'clock position caused by unknown person(s) for oil theft purpose

Record timeline

Incident recorded

27 Mar 2023

Report date

27 Mar 2023

Joint Investigation Visit

27 Mar 2023

Spill stop date

27 Mar 2023

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