Oil spills / Delta / Incident NPDC/HSE/EKP/02/15

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Oil Spill at 24" UPS Rapele D/L @ Ekpan (NIGER CAT), Uvwie L.G.A., Delta state.

Incident NPDC/HSE/EKP/02/15 · NPDC · 21 Aug 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 21 Aug 2015Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date21 Aug 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity70 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered20 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.57364, 5.73928

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNPDC

Reported22 Aug 2015

StateDelta

LGAUvwie

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date22 Aug 2015

Impact description supplied by source

Vegetation around the spill area was impacted, the spill was within and outside the company's right of way.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

21 Aug 2015

Report date

22 Aug 2015

Joint Investigation Visit

22 Aug 2015

Spill stop date

Not supplied

Evidence & documents

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