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Oil Theft: Federal government announces ‘arrest’ of 210 suspects

The government also spoke on its effort to protect oil pipelines in the Niger Delta.

byAgency Report
September 24, 2022
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The Federal Government has announced the arrest of 210 suspects in its efforts to combat crude oil theft in the Niger Delta.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the figure on Friday in Port-Harcourt after undertaking an aerial assessment of some hotspots along the Right of Way of the Trans-Niger Pipeline.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported the minister, accompanied by some journalists in the surveillance, also covered the Nembe Creek Trunk Line leading up to the Bonny Oil and Gas Terminal that has been under force majeure since March 2022.

Briefing the reporters after the 90 minutes-aerial survey, the minister also disclosed that the continued efforts by the security agencies had led to the confiscation of 20.2 million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO)

According to the minister, over 461,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol), 843,000 litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene DPK, and 383,000 barrels of crude oil were confiscated.

He said an additional 365 illegal refining sites were destroyed, with about 1,054 refining ovens, 1,210 metal storage tanks, 838 dugout pits, and 346 reservoirs also destroyed.

Mr Mohammed said the activities of vandals and economic saboteurs had severely affected Nigeria’s crude oil and natural gas production.

“Since the post-covid pandemic recovery of crude oil prices, Nigeria has been unable to meet its OPEC production quota, hurting the Nigerian economy.

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“Due to the nefarious activities of vandals, Nigeria has been losing out on producing approximately 700,000 barrels of oil daily.

“This volume is split between crude stolen and production deferment (shut-ins) due to legitimate fear of losing substantial volumes in transit.

“Terminal receipts have persistently declined, leading to decisions such as the Force Majure declared at the Bonny Oil and Gas Terminal in March 2022,” he said.

Surveillance of oil pipelines

To check the activities of the saboteurs, the minister said the NNPC had set up a new security architecture to serve as a solid response to detect, deter, and respond to the activities of vandals.

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He said the security architecture leveraged collaboration between the upstream operators, industry regulators, government security agencies, and private security contractors.

The minister said, in line with the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari, private security contractors with the required capability were contracted.

He said the security contractors who are to provide community surveillance within the oil-producing regions were identified and engaged after comprehensive vetting by the State Security Service and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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They are also to provide local intelligence on all illegal crude ventures happening within the region and security surveillance services for safe and seamless operations along the nation’s pipeline networks.

The minister added that NNPC’s Command and Control Centre was set up for round-the-clock monitoring of petroleum operations and activities within the Nigerian Exclusive Economic Zone.

According to him, all vessel movements within the Nigerian Exclusive Economic Zone as well as all ship-to-ship activities within the same zone are monitored.

The command and control centre, according to the minister, has also launched various online tools to enable public participation in the fight against crude theft.

The tools included, a whistle-blowing portal, for Nigerians to report illegal activities and crude sales document validation portal, to validate all crude sales documents.

Mr Mohammed reiterated that the federal government is determined to put an end to the crude oil losses.

NAN reported that the team conveyed on the aerial surveillance in two Sikorsky S76D choppers witnessed first-hand several illegal refineries destroyed by the military.

NAN also reported that in the course of the surveillance, the team also saw first-hand, high level of damage to the environment, as a result of the activities of the economic saboteurs.

(NAN)

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