By Munachimso Obienyi
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari , yesterday said that the damaged major pipeline that has hobbled Nigeria’s oil production for months will come on stream in a week.
Speaking during a summit organised by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), in Abuja yesterday, he stated that the country was recording successes in its fight against crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals.
For months, the Trans-Forcados Oil Pipeline System, the second longest pipeline network in the Niger Delta has been down, affecting the export terminal and leading to closure of about 20 oilfields.
Kyari stated that if left uncurbed, the activities of the vandals would destroy the oil and gas industry and subsequently frustrate the NNPC’s mandate of guaranteeing energy security.
“The government security agencies in partnership with NNPC and other companies are on the table today because if we don’t arrest pipeline vandalism, we will have no industry”, he said.
