{"id":166538,"date":"2022-03-24T06:16:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T05:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=166538"},"modified":"2022-03-24T06:16:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T05:16:43","slug":"fg-we-are-determined-to-end-oil-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/24\/fg-we-are-determined-to-end-oil-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"FG: We are determined to end oil theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of state for petroleum resources, Timipre Sylva has stated that the federal government is determined to end illegal oil bunkering.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Wednesday by the minister<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0during an on-the-spot assessment of some pipelines impacted by activities of oil bunkers in Emeoha local government, Rivers state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) had<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0said the country loses more than 115,000 barrels per day to oil theft and vandalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe are actually determined to stop it because we know that we can not afford the continuation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/2023-im-joining-the-race-to-fix-insecurity-presidential-aspirant\/\">insecurity<\/a> in the oil industry,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSo I want to just let everybody know that these criminals have their days numbered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe are here to ensure that this problem is finally resolved to reclaim this industry for the country because this country has lost so much from the activities of these criminals, and the government and the country can no longer afford these activities and that is why we are here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to him, insecurity was a major issue bedevilling the sector, and proactive steps were taken to tackle the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe single biggest problem in our industry today is the problem of security,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis has come to the attention of everyone including Mr President has directed myself and the CDS and also the GMD of the NNPC to ensure that this problem is handled once and for all.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sylva added that the host communities, the government and operators must play their part to completely eradicate the menace in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI agree with you completely. There are three elements to the solution of this problem,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe communities must be involved because these people who are engaged in these illegal activities are not ghosts. They are from communities \u2013 so the communities have to be involved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYou the security must be involved also because you are the law enforcement arm of the government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAnd of course, we also as part of government must be involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cAnd then, the third arm is the operating companies. All the elements are complete now. We are here as government, the operating companies are here and of course, we are going to the communities so I believe that finally this problem will be resolved.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Oil producers in Nigeria had decried the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0illegal activities of oil vandals, saying these oil bunkers cashed in \u2018petrodollars\u2019 while Nigeria is bedevilled by low production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Austin Avuru, former chief executive officer of Seplat Energy Plc, had said a major<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0proportion of Nigeria\u2019s oil production was lost to theft.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of state for petroleum resources, Timipre Sylva has stated that the federal government is determined to end illegal oil bunkering. 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