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Stealing Crude Oil Offshore, Practically Impossible, DPR Claims
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), yesterday, disclosed that majority of the crude oil theft recorded in the country’s petroleum industry occur in the inland terminals, noting that it was practically impossible to steal crude oil from the offshore terminals.
In a statement issued by its Head, Public Affairs, Mr. Paul Osu, in Abuja, the Director of the DPR, Engr. Sarki Auwalu, explained, however, that Nigeria has over 30 terminals with only five of them being land terminals.
Auwalu, who was making a presentation before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Oil Theft in Abuja, also stated that Nigeria’s crude oil production and lifting were properly accounted for, while he provided clarifications on the process it uses for accounting for crude oil production in the country.
He said, “Most of the thefts, they are coming from land terminals because the land producers have to use pipelines to transport the crude into the terminals for export.
”In the process, you have a lot of third party interference which results in volumes that are being taken and are stolen.
“So, most of the discrepancies in production and export, you can easily calculate the theft volume.
“And the theft volume, if not all, come from the land terminals. But the offshore terminals, it is actually practically impossible to steal crude from offshore terminals, since it is from the bottom of the sea.”
Auwalu explained to the committee chaired by Hon Peter Akpatason, that the DPR was the agency of government saddled with the responsibility of monitoring crude oil production and lifting.
According to him, the methodology used in hydrocarbon accounting was static measurement and dynamic measurement.
He explained that the static was the volume that went into tank that one can dip and know the volume while the dynamic was the volume that goes across the meter.
He said, “I will like to use this opportunity to give a brief on how we account for hydrocarbon in this nation.
”I think that will provide a better view for this committee as well as Nigerians. The process starts from the well because every crude oil comes from the well, and you cannot drill a well without knowing the capacity of that well to produce.
“So, the hydrocarbon accounting in DPR starts from the well. Once you drill a well, you will need to have what we call a maximum efficiency rate (MER) to know the capacity that the well will produce. The volume accounting starts from that point.
“We have two kinds of meters: we have production meter that you measure the volume of oil produced, and we have custody transfer meter where you measure the volume of oil that exchanged hands.
“What we do is to take inventory of all the wells producing in every field based on the volume we give, within which that well cannot produce more than that.
“If you under-produce, you can kill the reservoir. If you over-produce, you can kill the reservoir. All these volume measurements, whether static or dynamic, we take record of them.”
In his remarks, Akpatason stated that the effects of crude oil theft could not be overemphasised, adding that it was the responsibility of all patriotic Nigerians to put an end to the menace.
He said the DPR was identified as the agency playing a key role in the monitoring of crude oil production and lifting in the country, hence its invitation to the agency.
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Delta Attorney-General Laments Hike In Human Trafficking
Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole (SAN) has lamented the increasing rate of human trafficking, especially the girl child in the state.
Ohwovoriole decried the increase in his office in Asaba when the zonal commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr Nduka Nwawenne paid him a courtesy visit.
The Attorney-General stated that it was against the dignity of the state and disheartening to see that Delta State now ranked first in human trafficking, overtaking Edo State.
He stressed the need for stakeholders to tackle the menace, adding that if it was one single victim that was rescued, they would be rewarded for their efforts.
Ohwovoriole stated that young girls were the most vulnerable ones in the issue of human trafficking, stressing that children from poor family backgrounds also fall victim to human trafficking.
While saying that their request for an office space in the state would be looked into, to see how the government could be of assistance to them, he assured them of his ministry’s partnership in the fight against human trafficking.
He said that the Task Force on human trafficking and irregular migration, which he chairs, should be having regular meetings.
Earlier, the Zonal Commander of Naptip, Mr. Nwawenne informed the commissioner that Delta state had overtaken Edo state as the foremost state in human trafficking in nigeria.
He told the Attorney-General that their Zonal Command was the first to be established in Nigeria because of the prevailing issues of human trafficking in the area, noting that ika south was the highest in cases of human trafficking as a result of its proximity with edo state.
Nwawenne appealed to the Commissioner and the State Government to provide office accommodation for their officials to operate in Asaba.
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Army Arrests 50 Foreigners, Others For Job Racketeering
The Nigerian Army said it has arrested 50 suspects, including foreigners, for alleged international job racketeering in Lagos.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the suspects were arrested during an operation jointly conducted by the Army and the Nigeria Immigration Service.
He also disclosed that no fewer than 13 criminals were killed and 88 arrested during various operations across 20 states of the federation.
Among those arrested include 50 suspects comprising foreigners who were nabbed for alleged International job racketeering.
Onyema said, “In the South-West region, on November 2, 2023, troops of 9 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with personnel of Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, conducted a raid operation on a suspected criminal hideout at Ifako Ijaye.
“During the operation, 50 suspects, including foreigners who specialise in international job racketeering, were arrested. In a similar development same day, the same troops arrested two suspects at a hotel in Ogba in the Ikeja LGA.
“The arrest was in connection with the murder of one Mallam Idris Ardo, the Ardo of Panya Village in Plateau State. Preliminary investigation revealed that one of the arrested suspects masterminded the killing of Ardo and fled the community since the incident occurred.”
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