Tag: crude oil theft
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Crude oil theft: Controversy continues to trail contract awarded Tompolo
Controversy to date continues to trail the award of pipelines surveillance contract to Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (SSNL), a company owned by Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, predominantly referred to by his sobriquet, Tompolo.
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Crude oil theft: Navy, civil defence raise concern
The Nigerian Navy and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have raised concern on security measures and way forward to tackle the menace of crude oil theft in the country.
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Tompolo is new Minister, NNPC GMD, Head Navy, DSS and Custom – By Mideno Bayagbon
100 days after General Muhammadu Buhari became president, Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on media gleefully announced that a new Sheriff was in town. He told the world that corruption had nose-dived and taken a flight on the assumed body language of the President. Almost seven years and seven months later, with corruption more emboldened…
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OIL THEFT: Nigeria now Africa’s fourth largest oil producer
Nigeria’s crude oil output hampered by theft has fallen from 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) at the start of the year to 900, 000 bpd as of September 2022, plunging the country to fourth place among largest oil producers in Africa, behind Angola, Algeria and Libya. Historically, Nigeria has been the largest exporter of…
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Crude oil theft: Shell discovers more illegal connections on export pipeline
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says it has discovered illegal connections on the onshore section of the 48-inch Forcados export pipeline.
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Crude oil theft going on for about 50 years now – Chief Clark
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has said that crude oil theft in Nigeria has been going on for much longer, for about 50 years, contrary to the position held by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
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JUST IN: Peter Obi raises alarm, alleges plans to have him in detention
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has raised an alarm, alleging plans to have him put in detention ahead of the 2023 elections for speaking out against crude oil theft in the country.
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Senate President laments loss of 1 million barrels of crude oil daily
The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan says Nigeria loses one million barrels of crude oil daily to crude theft.
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Crude oil heist: What is NPPC Limited not telling Nigerians?
Recently, the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari announced the discovery of an illegal oil pipeline that is routed into the sea and used in stealing crude oil.
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Petroleum upstream commission moves to enhance national crude oil production
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has expressed determination to take bold and revolutionary steps, using a non-kinetic approach, to address the challenges of crude oil theft, improve national crude oil production and save the country’s economy from further degeneration.