Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC says a daily production of 400,000 barrels per day had been restored to the
crude oil output available for export in the country.
The corporation’s Acting General Manager (Public Affairs), Tumini Green, stated this in a statement she issued in Abuja on Sunday.
It said efforts by the Federal Government resulted in the restoration of the three lines.
It said further that the restoration of the pipelines would enhance increased production and shore up the revenue accruing to the country.
The statement commended what it described as the renewed proactive measures by the federal government to curb pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft in the country.
It said efforts by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, had also started yielding positive results in the fight against vandals.
The statement recalled that pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft had resulted in the shutdown of three major trunk lines, accounting for the shut-in of 400,000 barrels per day.
It said the rise in crude oil production in the country to 2.4 million barrels per day was as a result of the recent intervention by the Federal Government.
It assured that the recent approval of N15 billion by the National Economic Council (NEC) would go a long way in curbing the menace.
The statement said the major achievements of the Petroleum Resources Minister in recent times included the sustained petroleum products’ supply and distribution across the country.
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