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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 1593230
confirmed

Oil Spill at 24" Bomu Bonny Pipeline (Opobo Channel)

Incident 1593230 · SPDC · 12 Mar 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Mar 2016Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date12 Mar 2016Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence1Source attachment links

Incident location

4.54053, 7.24675
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported28 Apr 2016
StateRivers
LGABonny
ContaminantNo
CauseCorrosion
FacilityPipeline
HabitatSwamp
Estimated spill areaNot supplied
JIV date15 Nov 2016

Impact description supplied by source

On visit to the site, i saw a built cofferdam to enable workers do a proper excavation to ascertain the cause of spill. After which we noticed that the spill was due to corrosion on the pipeline. Though it was confirmed by the community representatives that the line had been isolated for several years. meaning there was no oil spill

Record timeline

Incident recorded

12 Mar 2016

Report date

28 Apr 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

15 Nov 2016

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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