Nigerian Navy recovers 39,500 litres of stolen crude oil in Rivers

In bid to discourage transgression activities involving amerciable crude oil, the Nigerian Navy has intensified its crackdown connected crude lipid theft nether Operation Delta Sentinel, recovering 39,500 litres of amerciable crude lipid from retention facilities and destroying the facilities successful Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The Director of Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, successful a statement, said that pursuing credible information, the cognition was carried retired by unit of the Forward Operating Base, Bonny.

According to him, the Navy’s Anti-Crude Oil Theft Team discovered concealed dugout pits hidden wrong the creek situation during the operation, prompting a elaborate appraisal of the area.

“The cognition led to the find of 4 dugout pits—one ample and 3 medium-sized. Three of the pits contained an estimated 39,500 litres of products suspected to beryllium stolen crude oil, portion the 4th was filled with water,” helium said.

Folorunsho said the find underscored the continued usage of concealed retention facilities by crude lipid theft syndicates to stockpile stolen crude pending evacuation done amerciable organisation channels.

He noted that by targeting specified retention facilities, the Nigerian Navy was disrupting the logistics web that susta...