Illegal Bunkering News Today

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) have

Federal High Courts, sitting in Abuja, have ordered the forfeiture of two illegal oil bunkering vessels, MT KALI and MT Harbor Spirit, to the

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun says the Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (STFPIB) has arrested 59 suspects and two vessels over oil theft in two months. Egbetokun said this on Thursday, in Abuja at the opening of a conference with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank

The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited in collaboration with the Nigerian Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested a Mordovia’s vessel, MT Harbor Spirit, with IMO No. 8226272 in Bayelsa State.

In what looks like another big catch in less than a month, operatives of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), owned by Chief Government

Mr Enisuoh said that the ship was apprehended in the early hours on Sunday in Bayelsa and conveyed to Oporoza.

An explosion at an illegal artisanal crude oil refinery site in Rivers State has killed 12 persons. The Guardian gathered that the incident occurred in Obiafor 1 and 2, Obrikom area of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area (ONELGA).

In a move against illicit activities threatening the integrity of Nigeria’s maritime environment, the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT’s patrol team and the maritime component of operation AWATSE have thwarted illegal bunkering activities at Folu Village in Ibeju- Lekki, a town along the boundary between Lagos and Ogun states. Commander NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, […]

Japanese authorities are also monitoring the fuel transfers.

Until the Federal Government and oil companies make genuine efforts to end unemployment, hunger and insurgency in the Niger Delta region, illegal bunkering and attendant problems may not end anytime soon.