NNPC Oil Pipeline Vandalism Rises By 115% In July
  • Aba to Enugu axis tops break-in points.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed concerns about the rate at which oil major pipelines are sabotaged in Nigeria, stating that it rose by 115 percent in July 2019.

NNPC Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Samson Makoji, quoting from July 2019 Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) of the oil corporation, said 228 points were broken on the country’s pipelines in the month under review.

The breached lines represented an awful increase from the 106 vandalised points recorded in June 2019, it added.
According to it, out of the vandalised points, 15 failed to be welded, while five points were ruptured.

The report stated that the Aba to Enugu axis accounted for 35 percent of the breaks, while Port Harcourt to Aba pipeline route recorded 22 percent, with Ibadan to Ilorin route recording 16 percent of the breakages.

Similarly, it said the Lagos Atlas Cove to Mosimi Zone logged 12 percent with other locations recording the remaining 15 percent of the breaks.

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