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

Incident 2016/SAR/043/063 · NAOC · 20 Feb 2016

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Feb 2016Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date20 Feb 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity7 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered2 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.76364, 5.97833

Oil spill

CompanyNAOC

Reported20 Feb 2016

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date22 Feb 2016

AN UNKNOWN PERSON(S) USED HACKSAW TO CUT THE 14'' PIPELINE AT 3 O'CLOCK POSITION, AND SET THE LINE ON FIRE