The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe says allegations that it invaded Igbomotoru community in Bayelsa is baseless and an attempt to distract ongoing efforts to stamp out oil theft. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the joint military force conducted a...
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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – A total of 27 pipeline vandals have been arrested and petroleum products with a street value of over N2.5billion recovered by the Nigerian Military during its joint operation in the Niger Delta region between 14 and 28 July, 2022. According to the Director, Defence...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – As the Armed Forces of Nigeria in collaboration with other security agencies intensify the fight against oil thieves and illegal oil refining in the country, a total of 3,074,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil, and 3,810,000 litres of crude oil, were discovered in the...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe, have in the last seven weeks, dismantled a total of 337 illegal refineries and arrested 141 oil thieves across Niger Delta region. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko...
Troops of Operation Octopus Grip and those of Operation Delta Safe discovered and destroyed 40 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta region in the last two weeks. Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this in Abuja on Thursday while briefing newsmen about military operations in different theatres...
Nigeria’s crude oil production has increased by 70,000 barrels per day in May according to a Reuters Survey released on Tuesday. The document, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, showed that the country’s crude oil production averaged 1.42mbpd in May. The figure is...
The Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP) has called on residents of Ogoniland in Rivers to support the ongoing execution of six water projects in the area. HYPREP’s Project Coordinator, Ferdinand Giadom, made the call in Alesa Eleme, Rivers, during his inspection tour of the water project sites on...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, in conjunction with Nigerian Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested some drug suspects during raid operations in their hideout in Effurum in Urwie Local Government Area of Delta State. A total of 167 illegal refineries were...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Niger Delta group, known as the Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan, to join the 2023 presidential race under the platform of APC. The National Secretary, Amb. Amain Cottrell, who...
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has confirmed an oil leak from a 12-inch Benisede-Brass Creek Delivery Line at Peretuorugbene in Bayelsa. The Director-General of of the agency, Mr Idris Musa, confirmed the incident on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), is seeking partnership with communities and traditional rulers to combat crude oil theft and kidnapping in Bayelsa. Irabor stated this on Wednesday, when he paid a courtesy visit to King Edmond Daukoru of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa, before interacting with...
An Indigenous player in the energy sector, Mr Victor Ekpenyong, has urged the federal government and oil firms to leverage on the expertise of Nigerian firms to check oil theft and increase oil production. Ekpenyong, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Health of Mother Earth Foundation, (HOMEF) has raised concern over another oil spill by Agip PLC at Lasukugbene, a community in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State following the burst of pipelines. The foundation in a statement signed by the Media/ Communication Lead, Kome...
The Federal Government says it is determined to stop the economic devastation occasioned by the activities of illegal refiners, pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft in the country. The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said this on Wednesday at Bonny Island, Rivers, while addressing officers of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has set up a team of experts to carry out thorough auditing of the activities of operators in the upstream petroleum industry in the last two years, to ascertain the actual volume of crude oil stolen by...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Italian oil company, Eni has announced the resumption of crude and gas exports after it lifted the force majeure it placed on its operations last week. The explosion and a spill on March 14 cut exports of 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Italian energy group Eni said it would lift a force majeure on exports of Nigerian Brass River crude oil this week after it completed repairs to a pipeline damaged by a blast. The group had cut oil and gas exports from its Brass Export...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production declined to an average of 1.417 million barrels per day in February 2022. OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for March 2022, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN)...
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has commended the infrastructure drive in the Niger Delta and believes the oil-rich region would soon match Dubai’s developmental feat. Governor Diri said this during the commissioning of the Mgbuoshimini-Nkpor Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The governor praised his Rivers...
The Federal Government says the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has addressed the relationship with host communities with the creation of the Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF). Sylva said this at the PIA session of the ongoing fifth Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2022) on Tuesday in Abuja. He...