Oil spills / Imo / Incident 2023/LAR/275

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Oil Spill at 14" Akri-Ebocha pipeline at Abacheke,Ohaji - Egbema LGA Imo State.

Incident 2023/LAR/275 · NAOC · 12 Oct 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Oct 2023Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026

Incident date12 Oct 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity3.73 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.50333, 6.70922

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported12 Oct 2023

StateImo

LGAOhaji/Egbema

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00058173

JIV date15 Oct 2023

Impact description supplied by source

3" ball valve with 3" pipe connection was installed on the pipeline at 12 o'clock position by unknown person (s) for crude oil theft activity

Record timeline

Incident recorded

12 Oct 2023

Report date

12 Oct 2023

Joint Investigation Visit

15 Oct 2023

Spill stop date

15 Oct 2023

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