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Oil Spill at 12'' IMO RIVER 2- OGALE TRANS NIGER PIPELINE @ OWAZA

Incident 1688432 · SPDC · 6 Aug 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 6 Aug 2016Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date06 Aug 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity14 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered7 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

4.98044, 7.17500

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported6 Aug 2016

StateAbia

LGAUkwa-West

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0012

JIV date9 Aug 2016

Impact description supplied by source

WITHIN AND OUTSIDE RIGHT OF WAY. SURROUNDING VEGETATION WAS AFFECTED.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

6 Aug 2016

Report date

6 Aug 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

9 Aug 2016

Spill stop date

6 Aug 2016

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