Navy busts two illegal refineries, recovers 53,000 litres of stolen petroleum in Rivers State

The Nigerian Navy has dismantled 2 amerciable refining facilities and recovered 53,000 litres of suspected stolen petroleum products successful Rivers State, intensifying its crackdown connected crude lipid theft and amerciable bunkering successful the Niger Delta.

The Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, said the cognition demonstrated the Navy’s determination to prolong unit connected economical saboteurs progressive successful crude lipid theft and amerciable bunkering.

He said the operation, conducted connected November 11 astatine Okarki assemblage successful Ahoada West Local Government Area, was carried retired by unit of Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Pathfinder nether Operation Delta Sentinel pursuing quality reports connected amerciable petroleum activities successful the area.

The naval squad discovered astir 8 dugout pits and respective retention containers containing an estimated 23,000 litres of suspected stolen crude lipid and 30,000 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, popularly known arsenic diesel.

The facilities and recovered petroleum products were subsequently handled successful ...