The Nigerian Navy has deployed 16 newly bought ships to the Niger Delta to guard critical oil infrastructure, local media report, quoting the Chief of the Nigerian Naval Staff. Still, the official said, the Nigerian Navy has a long way to go to eliminate the vessel capacity shortage it has been suffering.

The oil industry of Nigeria is vital for the country, which makes pipeline vandalism and other militant activity in the Niger Delta all the more problematic. In August, a report from the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter revealed that the country had lost some US$7.23 billion (2.6 trillion naira) from oil theft in just two years, 2016 and 2017.

Data from Chatham House suggests that in addition to oil theft in the Delta, Nigeria is also losing US$1.5 billion a month from pirates stealing oil. The figure was confirmed by Nigeria’s Vice President and is equal to the daily export value of the crude shipped via the Forcados terminal.

Things are so bad that Nigeria has been ranked the worst performer globally in terms of oil theft, ahead of Mexico, Russia, and Iran. Until this year, the country also had a major problem with militants in the Delta, whose attacks on pipelines and export terminals suspended oil transport capacity for months.

And militants are not the only ones that interfere with Nigeria’s oil industry. Exxon’s Qua Iboe terminal is currently under a blockade from former employees of the local unit of the company, who were laid off in July. Since then, they have been protesting at Qua Iboe, and Exxon says if the blockade continues it could affect its production. Qua Iboe has a daily capacity of 300,000 bpd of crude.

Nigeria’s oil production fell by 160,000 bpd in the second quarter of the year, to an average daily of 1.84 million bpd, Nigerian media reported earlier today.

By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Nigerian-Navy-Deploys-16-Warships-To-Guard-Oil-Installations.html

This is why Nigeria exist and why the Nigger Army is nothing but armed wing of the Nigger Corporation. They cant fight or beat Boko Haram, mandate all the governors of Biafra Land to donate to them money, cars, or land, and then send in armed thugs to protect resources for international bankers......


SEE YOUR LIFE FOLKS

the only way to safeguard the water ways is to collaborate with the local communities

just recruit boys from the trouble area, train, arm and give them uniform and communication gadgets, they should set up stations in most of the riverine area for quick respond.
they should will be working with nation security outfit which should be provided with their own dedicated attack helicopter because those boys dey vex

When they send ARMY , NSCDC on joint patrol operations in that region, You call it intimidation

But When they send NAVY with Battleships to the same region, you call it fear of Niger Delta Militants and even Laugh about it

AllTheWayUp:

Fear of Niger Delta militants

I pity your generation

AllTheWayUp:

Fear of Niger Delta militants

no,
We need to block all leakages in Nigeria

Which war ship do we have in the Navy

The people being killed everyday by sea pirates nkor? Shey nah from Panya dem come from?

nigeria.


buhari ate $300m abacha loot. in the na me of giving poor Nigerians 5k

then he went to china to borrow $400m



is our president not a cow?

Leave oil for the owner.

That's all Abokis care about!

I think this is not pointing to something exceptional

This move might backfire. Who am I to judge our almighty FG

While Boko Haram reigns supreme in the northeast, killing innocent soldiers.

Are u sure u know what a war ship really is? Maybe fighter jets or amoury ship and not war ship.

Warship ko....boat ni.....

Biafra's cownu might be on one- fani foolyade

Banmeallday:
This is why Nigeria exist and why the Nigger Army is nothing but armed wing of the Nigger Corporation. They cant fight or beat Boko Haram, mandate all the governors of Biafra Land to donate to them money, cars, or land, and then send in armed thugs to protect resources for international bankers......


SEE YOUR LIFE FOLKS

So the soildiers dying and fighting in the north east for years now are what? Boyscout?

Oil.....the uniting factor of Nigeria component parts.
Remove this oil and see how everybody will run to their tents.

Useless country!

they will never send ships to guard the people who are the most valuable resources

How many deployed to fight insurgency in the north


Get your rmb below

If MEND or any Niger Delta group wants to bomb oil installations, the Navy can't stop them. You will understand me if you have been to the creeks and waterways in the Niger Delta.

Yes oo... we were ranked Fourth Most Powerful Military in Africa By global fire power 2018 report for a reason..


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see my signature

RevenGeMission:
When they send ARMY , NSCDC on joint patrol operations in that region, You call it intimidation

But When they send NAVY with Battleships to the same region, you call it fear of Niger Delta Militants and even Laugh about it




I pity your generation

Pity ur mother

Wholegr8ness:
Nigeria and crude oil

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