Oil Spill at 14" OGBOINBIRI/TEBIDABA PIPELINE AT AZUZUAMA

Incident 2016/SAR/030/047 · NAOC · 3 Feb 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 3 Feb 2016Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date03 Feb 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity6 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.74142, 5.94256

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported3 Feb 2016

StateBayelsa

LGASOUTHERN IJAW

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date5 Feb 2016

Impact description supplied by source

UNKNOWN PERSON(S) VANDALIZED (CUT OPEN TWO SEPARATE POINTS ON THE PIPELINE AT 12-3 & 1-2 O'CLOCK POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY) AND IGNITED FIRE ON THE INCIDENT FACILITY. THE RELEASED CRUDE FROM THE LINE AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WAS CONTAINED.