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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2017/LAR/118/180
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Oil Spill at Obiafu 23L $ S Flowline after Obiafu 28 location junction, Omoku, Onelga, Rivers State.

Incident 2017/LAR/118/180 · NAOC · 28 Oct 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 28 Oct 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date28 Oct 2017Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity10.34 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence1Source attachment links

Incident location

5.41292, 6.59239
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported28 Oct 2017
StateRivers
LGAOnelga
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityFl
HabitatSs,La
Estimated spill area0.00204574
JIV date31 Oct 2017

Impact description supplied by source

2 Nos 3mm drilled holes @ 1inch apart @ 4 0' Clock position on the 4" flow line. Unknown persons wrapped the incident points with rags, plastic buckets and a funnel were used for oil theft were found within the area of incident.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

28 Oct 2017

Report date

28 Oct 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

31 Oct 2017

Spill stop date

29 Oct 2017

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