Oil Spill at 12" imo river-Oghale pipeline Owaza Abia state

Incident 1634018 · SPDC · 14 May 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 14 May 2016Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date14 May 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity330 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered147 bblNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

4.94641, 7.18486

Oil spill

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CompanySPDC

Reported17 May 2016

StateAbia

LGAUkwa-West

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0040

JIV date17 May 2016

Impact description supplied by source

A section of 12" imo river-oghale pipeline showing 2" nipple installed at 12 O'clock position, and a 2" non-leaking vakve installed at 12 O'clock position 26cm from the nipple.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

14 May 2016

Report date

17 May 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

17 May 2016

Spill stop date

17 May 2016

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