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NNPC destroys 134 Illegal Refineries Recently

A destroyed refinery  By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks.  Also, the company said  63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks .  The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge.  According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation.  It further said that two large boats, which involve
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Fed Govt Urged To Declare State Of Emergency On Ailing Refineries


By Favour & Akinola Ajibade


The Federal Government owned ailing refineries will return to optimal performance, once a state of emergency on them, the National President, Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria ( PETROAN), Mr Billy Gillis Harry, has said. 

They are Warri, Port Harcourt 1&2 and Kaduna refineries.  

While speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, Harry said a state of emergency remains the only antidote to make the refineries work in order to meet up with in-country capacity and further address high fuel prices.

According to him, the problem of price hike will not end anytime soon, until all the refineries in the country become operational.

He said: “The main way out is to declare a state of emergency on all the four refineries. The refineries should be revamped, rehabilitated and made to function.

“Now that we have Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri as Minister of Petroleum, we will interface with him on this issue, on what needs to be done and we hope to get answers.

“Our refineries must work, in-country refining capacity must increase. Modular refineries of 10,000 barrels per day and above should be encouraged to be assembled in Nigeria in order to be able to meet the petroleum products consumption in Nigeria.”

On the issue of rumoured fuel price hike, the PETROAN boss, who said that only fuel importers can confirm the rumours, however, appealed to Nigerians not to indulge in panic buying to avert the issue of fire explosions.

“There is a rumour of fuel price increase but it’s only a rumour and not a fact. It’s only when importers tell us that the landing price has been affected by forex or cost in logistics, that’s when we will know.

“However, we will advised that members of the public should not engage in any panic buying based on the rumour, because your life is important, since petrol is a very volatile product that can easily be inflamed.

“However, prices will continue to fluctuate so long as we (Nigeria) are import dependent, prices will either go up or come down depending on the purchasing power of the Naira over Dollar,” he said

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