Oil Spill at 12"OPUEKEBA - OLERO PIPELINE

Incident NOSDRA/042/2023 · CHEVRON · 25 Aug 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 25 Aug 2023Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date25 Aug 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity1 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.91403, 5.02950

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyCHEVRON

Reported26 Aug 2023

StateDelta

LGAWarri-North

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date29 Aug 2023

Impact description supplied by source

At about 14400hrs on August 25, 2023, Operators at Opuekeba Production Platform in our Onshore Area Operation noticed pressure drop on the 12” Opuekeba-Olero oil trunk/delivery pipeline. Properties impacted by the spill incident as observed; oil stained vegetation/ withering vegetation.