The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Monday said the number of downstream oil pipeline vandalism in April, 2017 reduced by 12, representing a 12.77% drop from 94 in the previous month to 82.
The April 2017 numbers, according to the April 2017 NNPC Financial and Operations report released in Abuja, also indicate substantial progress compared to corresponding period of April 2016 which recorded 214 incidents.
A statement by Ndu Ughamadu, the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, said the noted improvement resulted from the extensive engagement with oil and gas community stakeholders by the Federal Government.
In terms of products availability within the period, the Corporation said it maintained adequate stock of over 1.2bn litres of petrol sufficient for more than 34 days forward consumption.
It was also recorded that during the period, the NNPC in an effort to reduce to the barest minimum the incidences of fire outbreak in the 21 depots across the country, received bids from no fewer than 37 companies to supply six triple agent firefighting trucks for the operation of the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC), one of the downstream subsidiaries of NNPC.