Oil Spill at 14'' OGBOINBIRI/TEBIDABA PIPELINE @ OKPATUWARI

Incident 2015/SAR/301/482 · NAOC · 13 Dec 2015

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 13 Dec 2015Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date13 Dec 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered1 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.77817, 5.98036

Oil spill

CompanyNAOC

Reported13 Dec 2015

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date18 Dec 2015

AFTER EXCAVATION IT WAS OBSERVED THAT CRUDE OIL LEAKING OUT FROM PIN HOLE ON THE PREVIOUS WELDED JOINT.