The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) said the country recorded 240 incidents of crude oil theft between July 15 and July 21, 2023.
This was contained in a statement on the company’s official Twitter account.
According to the statement, 93 illegal connections were found, and disconnections as well as repairs are ongoing.
The company also said that 69 illegal refineries were discovered and destroyed within the highlighted period.
It further noted that 27 cases of pipeline vandalism were discovered and are being fixed.
According to the company, it’s collaboration with security agencies also led to the arrest of 30 wooden boats and trucks involved in transporting stolen crude in the last week, just as it identified 13 vessel AIS infractions, 5 oil spills, 2 illegal vessels and 1 document validation.
It said while 13 of the incidences were recorded in the Deep Blue Water, 41 were recorded in the Western region of the Niger Delta, 169 were recorded in the Central region and 17 occurred in the Eastern part of the oil-producing part of the Niger Delta region.
