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How Nigerian President Intend To Secure Niger Delta Oil Facilities

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President Muhammadu Buhari Earlier yesterday President Muhammadu Buhari assured oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, the southern part of Nigeria that the Federal Government will take all necessary actions to protect strategic assets in the region from criminals. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke while receiving the Global Director (Upstream) of the R oyal Dutch Shell Group , Mr. Andrew Brown, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Where he told his guest that he has directed the Chief of Naval Staff to reorganise and strengthen the military Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta due to known cases of vandalism in the region with militants targeting oil and gas facilities. He further explained that it was important for his government to take the issue seriously as it threatens the national economy of the country. “ We have to be very serious with the situation in the Niger Delta because it threat...

Two Refineries Signs Up For Petrol Production In Nigeria

According to some Reporters earlier today: We got Informations that The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu , has announced that the Port Harcourt Refining Company and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company are now producing a combined volume of 7,000,000( Seven Million ) litres of petrol daily. According to Dr Kachikwu, the PHRC now produces five million litres of Premium Motor Spirit PMS, popularly known as petrol, while the WRPC produces two million litres of the product. He said this in a statement yesterday while reopening the Bonny-Port Harcourt crude pipeline. He also added that the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company was also scheduled to start production any moment from now and that the coming on stream of the three refineries ( Port Harcourt Refining Company and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company and Kaduna Refining ) would go a long way in ensuring suff...