•CDS The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has urged Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) host communities to protect national assets located within their areas. Musa made the appeal at a monthly stakeholders’ meeting organised by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) in Port Harcourt yesterday. Represented by Navy Capt. Lassie ...
Oil producer Oando Plc said three sabotage attacks had targeted its pipelines in the oil-rich Bayelsa State over the past week. In a statement as reported by Reuters, Oando, which now owns Eni’s former unit Nigerian Agip Oil Co, said late yesterday, said the incidents involved the 18-inch Tepidaba-Brass crude oil pipeline in the Brass [&hellip...
The Joint Task Force South-South, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has restated its commitment to securing the pipelines, saying Nigeria’s crude oil production has hit 1.7m barrels per day (bpd). This information was disclosed in a statement signed by the Coordinator (OPDS) Joint Media Campaign Centre Major Kayode Owolabi. He disclosed that follow...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says it discovered over 4,800 illegal connections on oil pipelines in the country in what is a grim picture of the country’s major income earner. “We have over 4,800 illegal connections on our pipelines. That means in some lines, within 100 kilometres of pipelines, you have as much [&hell...

