Oil Spill at 18" ASA-RUMUEKPE TRANS NIGER PIPELINE AT EGBEDA

Incident 1357611 · SPDC · 12 Mar 2015

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Mar 2015Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date12 Mar 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity85 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered75 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.24039, 6.77014

Oil spill

CompanySPDC

Reported12 Mar 2015

StateRivers

LGAEmuoha

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0001

JIV date14 Mar 2015

Leak due to failed 4'' ball valve flange of illegal theft point installed at 12 o' clock position.