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Oil spills / Abia / Incident 1864496
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Oil Spill at 12" Imo River-Ogale pipeline at Okohia, Asa.

Incident 1864496 · SPDC · 29 May 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 29 May 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date29 May 2017Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity22 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.93206, 7.18461
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported1 Jun 2017
StateAbia
LGAUkwa-West
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.08
JIV date2 Jun 2017

Impact description supplied by source

unknown persons(s) installed 3'' valves on the facilty on two(2) different points@ a 12 o clock positions and the distance between each points was approximately 4.5cm. two hoses were seen connected to the valves and the spill was within and outside the company's ROW and there was no containment measure put in place as of the time of JIV

Record timeline

Incident recorded

29 May 2017

Report date

1 Jun 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

2 Jun 2017

Spill stop date

2 Jun 2017

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