Oil Spill at 14"Okordia - Rumuekpe Tran Niger Pipeline at Ikarama

Incident 2015_1489844 · SPDC · 12 Aug 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Aug 2015Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date12 Aug 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity2 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.14653, 6.45897

Oil spill

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CompanySPDC

Reported12 Aug 2015

StateBayelsa

LGAYenagoa

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0002

JIV date21 Sept 2015

Impact description supplied by source

• Unknown person dug a ditch around the spill incidence. • On exposure, hacksaw cut of about 120mm was observed on the facility. • At the time of JIV, crude oil spilling out of the spill point has ceased. • There is slight impacted area within the company’s right of way.