'It is important to state that ExxonMobil formally applied to NUPRC for approval of its operations as an integrated operation...,' an official said.
According to the letter dated 8 June and addressed to the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, the agency claimed that an illegal petroleum lifting operation was taking place at the Bonny River terminal.
“Our attention has been drawn to some publications in the media between June 12 and 13, 2023, alleging the illegal lifting of Butane at the Bonny River Offshore Terminal by ExxonMobil. “It is important to state that ExxonMobil formally applied to NUPRC for approval of its operations as an integrated operation, in line with Sections 8 and 318 of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021.Consequently, he said ExxonMobil applied and obtained necessary clearance from NUPRC to lift 12,600 metric tonnes of Butane aboard a vessel named Barumk Gas on May 26, 2023. Barumk Gas berthed at the loading jetty at BRT on June 7, 2023.
“It would be recalled that the 9th senate set up an ad hoc committee to investigate oil lifting, theft and the impact on petroleum production and revenues on the heels of the growing spate of crude oil theft in the upstream petroleum sector. He explained that the president sought the opinion of the then Attorney General and Minister of Justice, who, after a review, concurred with the Senate resolution and reaffirmed that the said resolution was in line with the letter and spirit of the PIA, 2021, which seeks to promote ease of doing 0business and investments and enhance the transparency of hydrocarbon accounting.
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