Oil Spill at Obiafu 26S flowline well head location, Omoku

Incident 2017/LAR/107/165 · NAOC · 19 Sept 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 19 Sept 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date19 Sept 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity1.6 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence1Source attachment links

Incident location

5.40975, 6.57744

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported19 Sept 2017

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCo

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityFl

HabitatLa,Sw

Estimated spill area0.00009400

JIV date20 Sept 2017

Impact description supplied by source

2'' oil theft pipeline was connected to the 4'' flowline at 9 O'clock position with a 4'' clamp by unknown person(s)

Record timeline

Incident recorded

19 Sept 2017

Report date

19 Sept 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

20 Sept 2017

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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