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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident IN-0772
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Oil Spill at 8" Nkali-Imo RIver Delivery line at Umuokechi-Odagwa

Incident IN-0772 · Heirs Energies Limited · 17 Apr 2025

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 17 Apr 2025Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date17 Apr 2025Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity4 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered2 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.98386, 7.12105
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyHeirs Energies Limited
Reported17 Apr 2025
StateRivers
LGAEtche
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00022000
JIV date17 Apr 2025

Impact description supplied by source

The Joint Investigation Team (jit) noticed there was a pool of crude oil on the ground coming from the spill point as at the time of JIV. The 8" pipeline was laid in a trench which was used as a structural control in place. Upon exposure of the incident point, a 1" ball valve was connected to a drilled hole on the 8" pipeline with a diameter of about 1.5" at 12 O' Clock position by unknown person(s) for the purpose of theft as at the time of JIV. The facility was shut-in as at the time of JIV. Repairs were effected immediately after the JIV.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

17 Apr 2025

Report date

17 Apr 2025

Joint Investigation Visit

17 Apr 2025

Spill stop date

17 Apr 2025

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