{"id":220364,"date":"2022-10-06T05:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=220364"},"modified":"2022-10-06T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T04:54:13","slug":"kyari-nnpc-discovered-illegal-oil-pipeline-operating-for-nine-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/06\/kyari-nnpc-discovered-illegal-oil-pipeline-operating-for-nine-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyari: NNPC discovered illegal oil pipeline operating for nine years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has disclosed that it uncovered an illegal 4-kilometre (km) pipeline from Forcados terminal to the sea and a loading port that had operated undetected in the last nine years.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC Limited when he appeared before the senate joint committees on petroleum (upstream and downstream), and gas.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">He said the pipeline was found during a clampdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/04\/n17bn-allocated-to-stop-oil-theft-diverted-falana-discloses\/\">oil theft<\/a> in the past six weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cOil theft in the country has been going on for over 22 years but the dimension and rate it assumed in recent times is unprecedented,\u201d Kyari said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThe Brass, Forcados, and the Bonny terminals, are all practically doing zero production today; the combined effect is that you have lost 600,000 barrels per day when you do a reality test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cAs a result of oil theft, Nigeria loses about 600,000 barrels per day, which is not healthy for the nation\u2019s economy, and in particular, the legal operators in the field, which had led to a close down of some of their operational facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cBut in rising to the highly disturbing challenge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/02\/nnpc-acquires-downstream-assets-of-ovh-energy\/\">NNPCL<\/a> has in recent times in collaboration with relevant security agencies, clamped down on the economic saboteurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIn the course of the clamp down within the last six weeks, 395 illegal refineries have been deactivated, 274 reservoirs destroyed, 1, 561 metal tanks destroyed, 49 trucks seized and the most striking of all is the four-kilometre illegal oil connection line from Forcados Terminal into the sea which had been in operation undetected for nine solid years.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Kyari said in efforts to address the menace, NNPCL carried out aerial surveillance of the affected areas and saw economic saboteurs carrying out their activities unchallenged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">According to him, the level of oil theft at hand, poses a blend of both social and security problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIt is not only security but social as locals in most areas where the illegal refiners operate, unknowingly serve as their employees by mistaking them for operatives of licensed companies for oil exploration and production in the area,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIt is not abnormal to involve non-state actors for protection of oil pipelines and other critical infrastructure as done in Cambodia and Mexico which produced desired results.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">After over four hours of interactive session, members of the committees proposed that capital punishment be put in place for offenders, which will be presented at plenary for consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Meanwhile, Mohammed Sabo Nakudu, chairman of the joint committee, told Kyari to prepare for oversight functions on Port Harcourt and Warri refineries in order to verify claims of rehabilitation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has disclosed that it uncovered an illegal 4-kilometre (km) pipeline from Forcados terminal to the sea and a loading port that had operated undetected in the last nine years. 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