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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 1886627
confirmed

Oil Spill at 20"/28" Nkpoku-Bomu Trans Niger Pipeline Right of Way @ Umuduru, Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers State.

Incident 1886627 · SPDC · 5 Jul 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 5 Jul 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date05 Jul 2017Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence3Source attachment links

Incident location

4.88147, 7.04072
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported19 Jul 2017
StateRivers
LGAObio/Akpor
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityTank
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.0012
JIV date3 Nov 2017

Impact description supplied by source

No spill point was observed at site from any SPDC facility during JIV. Crude oil leak was noticed on the day of incident from one of the two observed tankers accosted by security agents. pictures Taken at the site on the day of incident was used as the only evidence for subsequent JIVS because there were no tangible evidences for subsequent JIVS (Stolen Crude oil was found in a punctured tanker by unknown person[s])

Record timeline

Incident recorded

5 Jul 2017

Report date

19 Jul 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

3 Nov 2017

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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