Oil Spill at SPDC 16" Nun River-Kolo Creek Trunkline @ Oporoma, Bayelsa State.

Incident 1383004 · SPDC · 17 Apr 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 17 Apr 2015Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date17 Apr 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity72 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

4.81286, 6.11944

Oil spill

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CompanySPDC

ReportedNot supplied

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00260000

JIV date24 Apr 2015

Impact description supplied by source

Surface area around the spill point was excavated by unknown persons. Concrete coating on the spill point was decoated by unknown person(s). There was hacksaw cut on the pipeline.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

17 Apr 2015

Report date

Not supplied

Joint Investigation Visit

24 Apr 2015

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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