The Ministry of Petroleum is poised to partner with the Military to minimize pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft significantly.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, announced this during a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, along with other Armed Forces members in Abuja on Friday, April 19.
He partly said: “If we ramp up crude oil production, we shall fund our budget and finance other sectors of the economy. “There is no country in the world that does not prioritise security and investment in its oil assets.
Part of our objectives is to reduce pipeline vandalism and oil theft to the barest minimum to ensure that the country benefits from the God- given resources that we have.
“Our commitment to you today is that we will work very closely with you, and we will give all the support that is needed to make sure that we reduce this menace of pipeline vandalism, illegal refining and oil theft.”