Check Out the New Technology NNPC Will Use to Protect Oil Vessels From Crude Thieves

 

In an attempt to end crude oil theft in Nigeria within eight months, NNPC has announced its plan to deploy drones to monitor the movement of crude oil bearing vessels

 

The state-run-oil firm in a statement from its Group General Manager Public Affairs, Ohi Alegbe, on Tuesday, September 1, in Abuja stated that the new initiative to stem oil theft and pipeline vandalism was unveiled by its Group Managing Director, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu in a presentation at the special conference on security in the Gulf of Guinea organised by the Gusau Institute.

 

According to the statement, Kachikwu said the corporation was working towards the deployment of drones across the nation’s territorial waters to monitor the inward and outward movement of oil bearing vessels.

 

He stated that the NNPC was working on a range of far reaching options designed to end crude oil and petroleum products theft within the next eight months.

 

“We are trying to equip the navy sufficiently, though they are very well equipped in terms of skills set but not in terms of arsenal for patrols within the maritime area,” Kachikwu was quoted to have said.