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
L-R: Senior Adviser Stakeholder Relations, NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS), Joy Eguahon; Manager, Host Communities Development, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission ( NUPRC), Omolade Awah; Chairman, Kolo-Creek Host Community Trust, Joseph Otobo; Commissioner, Mineral Resources, Bayelsa State, Ibieri Jones, and SPDC Director and Head Corporate Relations, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Igo Weli, at the inauguration of Host Community Development Trusts in Yenagoa …on Tuesday. By Favour & Akinola Ajibade 3 The Shell Petroleum Development Company, operator of the SPDC joint venture, yesterday, unveiled eight Host Community Development Trusts in Bayelsa State, South-South Region of the country. The initiative is a major step towards unlocking t he $56million earmarked for development in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. The firm, in a statement, signed by Abimbola Essien Nelson and made available to News