Oil Spill at 18" EBOCHA-OGODA PIPELINE AT MGBEDE COMMUNITY

Incident 2023/LAR/092 · NAOC · 16 Mar 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 16 Mar 2023Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date16 Mar 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity2 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.43572, 6.69236

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported16 Mar 2023

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area255.57

JIV date16 Mar 2023

Impact description supplied by source

Upon excavation, a 3" ball valve and elbow pipe connection was installed on the pipeline at 12 O'Clock position, caused by unknown person(s) for oil theft activity. Also re-entry of a previously repaired point.