{"id":129163,"date":"2023-12-09T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/09\/4800-illegal-connections-exist-on-oil-pipelines-nationwide-nnpcls-kyari\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T09:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T09:31:24","slug":"4800-illegal-connections-exist-on-oil-pipelines-nationwide-nnpcls-kyari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/09\/4800-illegal-connections-exist-on-oil-pipelines-nationwide-nnpcls-kyari\/","title":{"rendered":"4,800 Illegal Connections Exist On Oil Pipelines Nationwide \u2014 NNPCL&#8217;s Kyari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_854361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-854361\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-854361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NNPC-Petrol-Pipeline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-854361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NNPC petrol pipeline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Friday, disclosed it discovered over 4,800 illegal connections on oil pipelines in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, while speaking to the Senate Committee on Appropriations said: \u201cWe have over 4,800 illegal connections on our pipelines. That means in some lines, within 100 kilometres of pipelines, you have as much as 300 insertions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, even when you produce the oil, you cannot deliver them at the required pressure and therefore the volume will also be less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Police Arrest IPOB Fighters, Recover Weapons, Biafran Currency, Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NNPCL boss added that people troop in from other parts of the country to insert illegal connections on pipelines in the oil-producing Niger Delta region of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The latest development came about one year after the firm discovered 295 illegal connections to its pipeline, a development that further amplified the massive crude oil theft in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Kyari said the country was losing 200,000 barrels of oil valued at $13 million daily to theft and vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have two sets of losses, one coming from our products and the other coming from crude oil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of crude losses, it is still going on. 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