In a significant crackdown on illegal oil refining activities, troops from the Land Component, Joint Task Force, South-South Operation Delta Safe, successfully conducted operations that resulted in the destruction of several illegal refining sites in Rivers and Bayelsa States. This development was announced via a video posted on the official X handle of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
Lt. Col. Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations, confirmed the operations in a statement released in Port Harcourt on Wednesday morning. The statement detailed the extensive efforts of the troops in identifying and dismantling illegal refining sites, highlighting the success of these coordinated operations.
It partly read, “In the operations that ensued, troops identified several illegal refining sites in Rivers and Bayelsa States, where several discoveries were made.
“In Rivers State, troops of Sector 3, Land Component, Joint Task Force, South-South Operation Delta Safe, following credible intelligence identified and successfully destroyed three illegal refining sites at Odagwa in Etche Local Government Area.
” The operation led to the confiscation and subsequent destruction of over 30, 000 litres of stolen and illegally refined products.”
Additionally, at the Akaso field extending to the Cawthorne channel near well 9, the troops uncovered another illegal refining site, along with three receivers and a complex network of pipes used to transport stolen crude oil.
The statement added, “Other items were also confiscated and destroyed at the sites in line with the mandate of Operation DELTA SAFE in the Niger Delta Region.
“Similarly, in Bayelsa State, troops of Sector 2, while conducting routine operations in the creeks, waterways and rivulets along Dasaba Creek in Nembe LGA, confiscated over 12, 000 litres of stolen and illegally refined products.
” Other Items recovered at the illegal refining site include One Fibre Boat, Five Ovens, several metal drums as well as massive reservoirs used as storage facilities for this illegal venture.”
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