October 2011
Date Reported Incident Site JIV Date
Terrain Cause Estimated Spill Volume (bbl) Clean-up Status Comments Photo JIV Report *
1-Oct-11 6" Obigbo North Pipeline at Ogale 3-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 0.87 No recoverable oil was found on site. JIV recommends no cleanup action required. Closed. Download Photo Download JIV Report
2-Oct-11 4" Imo River 1 Well 30 S Flowline at Igiriukwu 6-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 6.6 Recovery of spilled volume and cleanup of residual impacted area commenced on 17th October 2011 and was completed on 22nd October 2011. Post Cleanup Inspection completed on 30th November 2011. Download Photo Download JIV Report
4-Oct-11 6" Obigbo - Ogale Condensate line at Komkom 4-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 0.22 No recoverable oil was found on site. JIV recommends no cleanup action required. Closed. Download Photo Download JIV Report
4-Oct-11 28'' Trans Forcados Pipeline at Batan axis 8-Oct-11 Swamp Sabotage / Theft 134.28 Containment in place. Recovery of spilled volume commenced on 13th October 2011 and was completed 19th October 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area completed on 5th March 2012. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 6th March 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
5-Oct-11 24" Alakiri-Bonny Pipeline at Illomatoru 8-Oct-11 Swamp Sabotage / Theft 152 Recovery of spilled volume commenced on 12th October 2011 and was completed on 26th October 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area completed on 24th January 2012. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 24th January 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
5-Oct-11 16'' South Forcados Trunkline at Oviri Olomu 8-Feb-12
Swamp Operational 18.84 Containment in place. Recovery of spilled volume commenced on 24th February 2012 and completed on 29th February 2012. Cleanup of residual impacted area completed on 2nd June 2012. JIV was delayed due to inaccessibility of the site following heavy rains and flooding. Mobilisation for recovery was stopped by the host community on 21st October 2011. Issue resolved in February 2012. An initial JIV on 8th February 2012 could not access the spill point. A second, conclusive JIV was held on 14th February 2012. Post Cleanup inspection was completed on 6th June 2012. Overall schedule was also impacted by community contracting. Download Photo Download JIV Report
8-Oct-11 12" Egbema-Oguta Pipeline at Eziosu 13-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 0.3 Recovery of spilled volume and cleanup of residual impacted area completed on 13th October 2011. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 27th October 2011. Download Photo Download JIV Report
10-Oct-11 20'' Ughelli Pumping Station - Rapele Trunkline at Ugbomro 13-Oct-11 Land Operational 859 Recovery of spilled volume commenced on 26th October 2011 and was completed on 9th December 2011. Initial Cleanup of residual impacted area commenced on 25th April 2012 and was completed on 7th May 2012. Based on an estimated spill volume of 0.6 barrels and the fact that there was no recoverable oil found on site, the JIV recommended that no cleanup action was required. However, during the pipeline repair works, there was loss of containment, resulting in the spillage of an estimated 859bbls (initially estimated as 293bbls) of crude oil. The revised total estimated spill volume of 859 barrels has been restated to the regulators in line with statutory requirements. Post Cleanup Inspection completed on 9th May 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
11-Oct-11 Cawthorne Channel 2 F/S Well 51T Flowline RoW 17-Oct-11 Swamp Operational 2.6 Recovery of spilled volume commenced on 16th October 2011 and was completed on 26th October 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area completed on 20th November 2011. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 23rd November 2011. Download Photo Download JIV Report
13-Oct-11 12" Adibawa - Okordia Pipeline at Ikarama. 17-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 345.75 Containment in place. Recovery of spilled volume planned to commence on 10th November 2011. Recovery of spilled volume was completed on 28th November 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 19th December 2011. Access for recovery of spilled volume denied by community following work suspension on 18th October 2011 due to community issues. Community issues resolved 2nd November 2011 and security clearance obtained 9th November 2011. This is the 11th sabotage incident at Ikarama since the beginning of August 2011. Post Cleanup Inspection completed on 7th February 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
16-Oct-11 20” Buguma–Alakiri Trunk line at Bakana 21-Oct-11 Swamp Sabotage / Theft 52.5 Recovery of spilled volume completed on 23rd October 2011. The JIV ran from 21st through 23rd October 2011 and the cause of spill was established as sabotage/theft. However, the area of impact and estimated spill volume could not be fully assessed because the team felt harassed and was compelled to leave site prematurely. 31.5 barrels of crude was recovered from the spill site during the botched JIV, resulting in an estimated spill volume of 52.5 barrels. The community issues were resolved in a meeting with SPDC representatives on 9Nov2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
18-Oct-11 6" Obigbo - North Pipeline at Ogale 20-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 0.6 No recoverable oil was found on site. Spill point was approximately 2.5km from Komkom manifold (towards Ogale). JIV recommends no cleanup action required. Closed. Download Photo Download JIV Report
18-Oct-11 6" Obigbo - North Pipeline at Ogale 20-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 1.73 Recovery of spilled volume completed on 21st October 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 8th December 2011. Spill point was approximately 3.5km from Komkom manifold (towards Ogale). Post Cleanup Inspection planned for January 2012 Download Photo Download JIV Report
19-Oct-11 8" Umuechem - Nkpoku Pipeline at Igwuruta 21-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 3.26 Recovery of spilled volume completed on 21st October 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 31st January 2012. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 17th February 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
20-Oct-11 14" Okordia - Rumuekpe Pipeline at Ikarama 23-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft Sabotage / Theft Containment in place. Recovery of spilled volume planned to commence on 10th November 2011. Recovery of spilled volume was completed on 26th November 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 16th December 2011. Access for recovery of spilled volume denied by community following work suspension on 18th October 2011 due to community issues. Community issues resolved 2nd November 2011 and security clearance obtained 9th November 2011. This is the 12th sabotage incident at Ikarama since the beginning of August 2011. Post Cleanup Inspection completed on 8th February 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
22-Oct-11 24" Awoba - CAWC 1 NCTL @ Brigede 24-Feb-12 Swamp Operational 69.29 Recovery of spilled volume was completed on 30th October 2011. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 30th April 2012. An initial JIV on 26th October 2011 could not access the spill point due to the difficult terrain. Construction of a Cofferdam to enable access to the pipeline was completed in February 2012. A repeat JIV commenced on 20th and was completed on 24th February 2012. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 16th October 2012. Delays also encountered due to heavy rains and site flooding. Download Photo Download JIV Report
26-Oct-11 6" Obigbo North - Ogale Pipeline at Komkom 27-Oct-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 0.8 No recoverable oil was found on site. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 6th December 2011. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 25th January 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
28-Oct-11 10" Diebu creek Pipeline at Oporoma 8-Nov-11 Swamp Sabotage / Theft 103.70 Recovery of spilled volume commenced on 14th November 2011 and was completed on 26th February 2012. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 7th March 2012. JIV commenced on 8th and was completed on 9th November, 2011. Initial cleanup of residual impacted area planned for completion in April 2012. Post Cleanup Inspection completed on 27th March 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
31-Oct-11 Kanbo Well 5L Right of Way 3-Nov-11 Swamp Operational 17.93 Recovery of spilled volume commenced on 7th November 2011 and was completed on 26th November 2011. Initial Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 23rd April 2012. The JIV was conducted in two phases, first to estimate the spill volume and two weeks later, following recovery and exposure of the line, to determine cause of spill. Initial Cleanup of residual impacted area was delayed due to contracting issues. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 2nd May 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report
31-Oct-11 8” Nkali – Imo River Pipeline Odagwa 21-Nov-11 Land Sabotage / Theft 2.5 No recoverable oil was found on site. Cleanup of residual impacted area was completed on 6th January 2012. Delay due to security issues which were only resolved in November 2011. Post Cleanup inspection completed on 31st January 2012. Download Photo Download JIV Report