Oil Spill at 16'' EGBEME - ASSA PIPELINE, OBIAKPU, OHAJI/EGBEM, IMO

Incident 1119151 (non leak) · SPDC · 14 May 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 14 May 2023Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date14 May 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence3Source attachment links

Incident location

5.53000, 6.76028

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported15 May 2023

StateNot supplied

LGAOhaji/Egbema

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date5 Feb 2025

Impact description supplied by source

This observed evidence strongly indicates that the pipeline was deliberately tampered with, categorizing the incident as sabotage caused by third-party interference.