Crude Oil Theft

Troops crack down on oil thieves in Niger Delta

The Nigerian Army’s 6 Division, in collaboration with other security agencies, has launched a successful operation against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger...

NSCDC Arrests Five Suspects, Recovers 20,000 Litres of Stolen Crude Oil

NSCDC Arrests Five Suspects, Recovers 20,000 Litres of Stolen Crude Oil The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has made a significant...

War on crude oil theft: NNPC Ltd. uncovers 108 illegal refineries, 35 suspects arrested

Barely 24 hours after declaring a state of emergency on crude oil production, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has uncovered 38 illegal...

NAF destroys illegal oil refining sites along Imo River Bank.

The Nigerian Air Force has made giant strides in the fight against crude oil theft as its Air Component of Operation Delta Safe...

NNPCL records 214 oil theft cases in one week in Niger Delta

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) says it has recorded at least 214 incidents of oil theft in the past week. The...

157 incidents of crude oil theft recorded in Niger Delta in one week, 17 suspects arrested – NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) says it recorded 157 incidents of crude oil theft across the Niger Delta between December 30,...

Nigeria records 127 crude oil thefts Dec. 2 to Dec. 8 – NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) said it recorded 127 crude oil thefts within seven days between December 2 and December...

Oil theft: 163 incidents recorded,16 suspects arrested in Niger Delta in one week

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd) has matched its words with action in the war against crude oil theft with the...

Crude oil theft fight raises Nigeria’s crude oil production to 1.72m barrels per day in September — NNPCL

Nigeria’s crude oil production has been raised to 1.728 million barrels per day as at September 2023 following aggressive anti-crude oil theft efforts...

NNPCL set to destroy vessel caught with 800,000 litres of stolen crude oil

…a Senate Committee report on oil theft in Nigeria between January and August 2022 stated that Nigeria lost N1.3tr ($2 billion), a huge...

Crude Oil theft under the guise of lifting sludge busted by NNPCL, Tantita Security Services Ltd and Army

Persecondnews reports that Mawe Services Limited was given approval by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to provide services within the...

NNPCL, Army, Tantita Security bust crude oil theft by company licensed to lift sludge, vessel destroyed

``Further intelligence also revealed that a 1000 metric ton capacity barge was coming to berth alongside its jetty loaded with illegal crude oil...