The Nigerian Navy, said on Wednesday, that it arrested three men at Ibaka in the Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Monday as they were ferrying 10,000 litres of petrol to neighbouring Cameroon. The Commanding Officer of the Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Navy  Captain Uche Aneke handed over the suspects, the boat, and the petrol to …

The Nigerian Army, 6 Division, on Wednesday, said it uncovered a massive illegal refinery camp and seized five million litres of stolen crude oil stored in a reservoir in Rivers State. The  General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Maj.-Gen. Jamal Abdussalam said the illegal refinery was uncovered along the Mirinwanyi channel of the Imo River in the Komkom area of …

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, on Monday, announced its readiness to commence production of refined petroleum products as it received the 6th batch of one million barrels of crude oil required by the plant for its initial operations. In a statement on Monday, the firm said, “Dangote refinery appears set to commence production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of …

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, on Monday, received the fourth shipment of one million barrels of bonny light crude oil, supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). A statement from the $20 billion firm stated that the oil company was expecting the fifth crude oil shipment soon. The plant had earlier received three shipments of crude oil, as officials …

Nigeria’s crude oil production rose to 1.351 million barrels per day in October 2023, up from the 1.347mbpd that was produced in the preceding month of September. Data released by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) showed that with the latest crude oil output, Nigeria retained its position as the largest oil producer in Africa. The country’s 1.347mbpd oil …

No fewer than 23 oil blocks managed by both international and local oil companies, which are under crude oil Production Sharing Contracts with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), failed to produce crude or were inactive, the Federal Government has said. It disclosed this in the latest Oil and Gas Industry Report for 2021 released by the Nigeria Extractive …

A jet belonging to the air component of Operation Delta Safe has bombed three boats while allegedly stealing crude oil from a pipeline in Rivers State. The jet struck the boat during one of its operations conducted around a riverine area between Bonny Island and South of Port Harcourt on Saturday. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air …

The House of Representatives, yesterday, at plenary, urged security agencies to desist from setting ablaze vessels laden with stolen crude oil. It also resolved to empanel an ad hoc committee to investigate the whereabouts of the 150,000 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil in the recently burnt vessel, MT TURA in Escravos River, Warri, Delta State. The resolution of the …

Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a private security outfit engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited) has intercepted an illegal Crude Oil Barge and arrested six suspected crude thieves in Warri, Delta State. The NNPC Limited’s security contractor and the Nigerian security operatives on Saturday also set ablaze the 1,000 metric tonnes capacity barge used in conveying …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC ) has arrested 11 suspects for allegedly dealing illegally in oil bunkering in different parts of Rivers State. While parading the suspects before journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital, spokesman of the state Commandant of the agency, Michael Ogar said the arrest was made by the command’s anti-vandal land patrol and …