Oil Spill at Obiafu 29s Flowline close to the wellhead location, @ Omoku, Rivers State

Incident 2017/LAR/108/166 · 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 quantity4 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.40786, 6.57000

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported19 Sept 2017

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCo

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityFl

HabitatLa,Ss

Estimated spill area0.00251790

JIV date30 Oct 2017

Impact description supplied by source

Unknown persons inflicted 110mm long hack saw cut on the 4" flowline @ 2-5 0'clock position for oil theft. The condensate impacted the Okwu-Oyirotu Bush/land.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

19 Sept 2017

Report date

19 Sept 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

30 Oct 2017

Spill stop date

20 Sept 2017

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