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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 1047031
confirmed

Oil Spill at 36" Rumuekpe - Nkpoku TNP at Rumuji, Emohua LGA, Rivers State.

Incident 1047031 · SPDC · 16 Mar 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 16 Mar 2023Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026
Incident date16 Mar 2023Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity1.51 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence11Source attachment links

Incident location

4.95771, 6.76032
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported17 Mar 2023
StateRivers
LGAEmuoha
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00005
JIV date13 Apr 2023

Impact description supplied by source

At point 1 & 2: a 4" leaking ball valve was installed beside a 3" non leaking welded flange (both about 30cm apart), connected at 12 o'clock position and at point 3: a 3" galvanized pipe was connected to a 3" ball valve and installed at 12 o' clock position to the pipeline by unknown persons. this 3rd point was close to a formerly repaired point.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

16 Mar 2023

Report date

17 Mar 2023

Joint Investigation Visit

13 Apr 2023

Spill stop date

13 Apr 2023

Evidence & documents

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Rumuji JIV Form

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Incident point before JIV

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Incident point during JIV

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Incident point after JIV

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PCI PICTURE

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