The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, said the firm has destroyed over 600 illegal refineries in the last two years. Kyari disclosed this during a stakeholder engagement between the Nigerian Association of…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Wednesday, said a total of 10,166 illegal refineries and crude oil connections were destroyed in Nigeria since 2021. It specifically stated that over 5,686 illegal refinery sites were destroyed, while 4,480 illegal crude…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it has in the past one week uncovered no fewer than 83 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta. The NNPCL disclosed this on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, as part of…
By Ibiyemi Mathew Security operatives have unravelled the operation of no less than nine illegal refinery sites in Bayelsa. The illegal refineries according to reports have a combined total daily production estimated to be more than one million barrels. The…
Troops of Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe and other operations have discovered and destroyed 61 illegal refining sites and apprehended 142 suspects in Niger Delta region. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at the…
Operation Delta Safe troops, in the last two weeks, destroyed 39 illegal oil refining sites in the South-South. Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, confirmed this at a news briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Troops of Operation Octopus…
By Uthman Salami The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, has revealed that over 200 illegal refineries are operating across the country, with no government-owned refinery working at the moment regrettably. The…
The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that the troops of Operation Delta Safe and Operation Dakatar da Barawo, discovered and destroyed 167 illegal refineries in Niger Delta in three weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged government at all levels to intensify efforts to check the operations of illegal refineries in the country. IPMAN’s President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, made the call in an interview with media…
…Demands sanction of security agencies involved in sabotage The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to introduce pollution tax on those involved in economic sabotage by engaging in illegal refining of crude products in oil producing areas of the…
