Oil Spill at 28'' Nkpoku-Bomu Pipeline at Norkpo, Tai L.G.A Rivers State

Incident 1966586 · SPDC · 11 Nov 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 11 Nov 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date11 Nov 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity103 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered54 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.73553, 7.20558

Oil spill

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CompanySPDC

Reported11 Nov 2017

StateRivers

LGATai

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatNot supplied

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date13 Nov 2017

Impact description supplied by source

Crude oil spill resulted from failed 6'' valve installation at 12 O' clock position used for illegal oil theft on the 28'' facility. Impact of spill was within SPDC ROW