Illegal Refineries News Today

In sustaining the fight against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region , the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base in Bonny, Rivers State, has arrested three persons and intercepted materials meant for construction of illegal refineries in the area. 

Troops of Operation Delta Safe have in the last three weeks, uncovered and destroyed several illegal refining sites and apprehended 19 suspects in the Niger Delta region.

It is estimated that about a tenth of the oil pumped in Nigeria is stolen and ends up in illegal refineries. The government is cracking down on them, but when DW's Flourish Chukwurah visited the Niger Delta, she found that the problem is far from over.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged the government at all levels to intensify efforts to check the operations of illegal refineries in the country.

The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Friday said that the command had deactivated 175 illegal refining sites and arrested 27 vessels within 11 months.

Ex-militants have begged companies that left the Niger Delta region as a result of militancy to return to the region, promising uninterrupted peace.

Troops of Operation Delta Safe have, in the last two weeks, uncovered and destroyed 39 illegal refining sites, 91 cooking ovens, 24 reservoirs, 17 large dugout pits and 96 storage tanks.

House of Representatives, yesterday, decried alleged involvement of security agencies and influential individuals in illegal oil refining in the Niger Delta region, even as it asked the police

Again, residents of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have called on governments to investigate and put an end to the deadly black soot caused by activities of illegal refiners and bunkerers.

Illegal oil mining in Niger Delta Region Rising crude oil theft and illegal refineries in the Niger Delta creeks have been attributed to alleged complicity of Nigerian Navy personnel and criminals bent on sabotaging the nation’s economy. The Guardian learnt that some naval officers who know the locations of illegal refineries usually receive gratifications not to close down crude oil theft rings and maintain an overview of the illegal operations. It was also learnt that military personnel’s...