Crude Oil Theft

August 06, (THEWILL) - Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Sunday, cleared the impounded vessel, MT Praisel, to continue its operations after it was absolved of...

August 03, (THEWILL) - Troops of Operation Delta Safe, Nigerian Army, have destroyed 36 illegal refining sites and apprehended 22 suspected oil thieves in the last two weeks. Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, who disclosed this...

August 02, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday evening, met with the leadership of the two labour Unions, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) led by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, and that of the Trade Union Congress (TUC)...

July 24, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Sunday said it has introduced four additional regulations that will govern the activities of the midstream and downstream sectors of the Nigerian petroleum industry. The agency...

Oil theft is a global problem with severe consequences for countries worldwide. It involves the unauthorised extraction, transportation and sale of petroleum products and is carried out by organised criminal networks, corrupt officials, military personnel and militant groups. This...

July 12, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Navy has uncovered a huge mechanism, installed in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 18 wellhead, used to siphon crude oil into waiting barges. The OML 18 wellhead is owned and operated by the Nigerian...

July 11, (THEWILL) - A private security firm, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), has intercepted a suspicious 800,000 litres capacity vessel with stolen crude oil. TSSNL is a security consultant engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited...