Oil Spill at 20" Rumuekpe-Nkpoku pipeline at Ibaa community.

Incident 1309678 · SPDC · 24 Jul 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 24 Jul 2023Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date24 Jul 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity4 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.95445, 6.81133

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported25 Jul 2023

StateRivers

LGAEmuoha

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00278000

JIV date25 Jul 2023

Impact description supplied by source

Upon excavation of the incident point, a 3'' ball valve attached to a 3" elbow pipe was seen installed on the pipeline at 12 O'clock position by unknown person(s) for oil theft purpose.