In spite of the efforts being made by security agencies, oil companies and other critical stakeholders, Nigeria is still losing thousands of barrels of crude oil daily to pipeline vandalism and theft.
In spite of the efforts being made by security agencies, oil companies and other critical stakeholders, Nigeria is still losing thousands of barrels of crude oil daily to pipeline vandalism and theft, writes BISI OLANIYI, Southsouth Bureau Chief
There were then frequent cases of fully-armed militants in military uniforms, who would storm flow stations and other facilities of oil companies in the creeks of Niger Delta, killing soldiers, naval personnel, policemen, officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and operatives of the Department of State Services , thereby carting away their arms and ammunition.
Despite the efforts of the Federal Government to restore peace to the hitherto volatile Niger Delta and boost the production of crude oil and gas, many criminals are still breaking pipelines and deeply involved in illegal refining of crude oil, to produce mostly diesel in the creeks, popularly called Kpofire, which easily damages engines, while the illegal refining destroys and pollutes the environment with spills, with many of the vandals also losing their lives in the process.
Most pipelines of oil companies are buried, but the criminals will still dig deep, mostly at night, to connect their pipes and hoses to move the stolen crude oil to their illegal refining sites or for loading into Cotonou boats and vessels, for sale to foreign collaborators, who are always on standby and are ready to offer cash or arms and ammunition in exchange.
Okojie added that in the last twenty years, crude oil theft had moved into organised crime, with various interest groups involved. SPDC’s Media Relations Manager Bamidele Odugbesan said the Anglo/Dutch oil giant was very strict about ethics, making it impossible for the staff to be collaborating with the pipeline vandals and crude oil thieves.
The General Manager, Safety and Environment, who was represented by Shell’s Compliance Monitoring Lead, Temitope Ajibade, in her presentation, titled: “Crude Oil Theft and Pipeline Vandalism: Implications for our Environment,” declared that going into criminal activities, because of poverty, was not tenable.
Shell’s General Manager, External Relations, Igo Weli, revealed that there had been a daily loss of about 10,000 barrels of crude oil from the oil firm’s pipelines to crude oil theft, while crying out for help from government, communities and other stakeholders to stem the incessant attack on oil assets in the Niger Delta.
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