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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2017/LAR/158/226
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Oil Spill at 10'' OSHIE - OGODA PIPELINE AT IDU - EKPEYE, AHOADA WEST, LGA, RIVERS STATE.

Incident 2017/LAR/158/226 · NAOC · 24 Dec 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 24 Dec 2017Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026
Incident date24 Dec 2017Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity7 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence3Source attachment links

Incident location

5.11431, 6.55269
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported24 Dec 2017
StateRivers
LGAAHOADA WEST
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseOther:
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00330782
JIV date26 Dec 2017

Impact description supplied by source

AN AREA AFFECTED BY CRUDE FOUND IN DITCHES AND DUG PITS BY UNKNOWN PERSONS, THERE WERE EVIDENCE OF SABOTAGE MATERIALS LIKE BUCKETS ETC, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGN OF SPILL POINT THE INITIAL REPAIRED SPILL POINT WAS OPENED TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS GOING ON UNDERNEATH. WE OBSERVED THAT THE CLAMP WAS INTACT WHICH THEN LED THE TEAM TO CONCLUDE THAT THE SPILL WAS A MYSTERIOUS ONE, NAOC WAS THEN ADVISED TO CLEAN UP THE AREA IMMEDIATELY AND INCREASE SURVEILLANCE IN THE AREA.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

24 Dec 2017

Report date

24 Dec 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

26 Dec 2017

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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