Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Subscribe
    • Home
    • Oil
    • Gas
    • Power
    • Solid Minerals
    • Labour
    • Financing
    • Freight
    • Community Development
    • E-Editions
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Home » NNPC denies responsibility for Abia System 2E pipeline fire

    NNPC denies responsibility for Abia System 2E pipeline fire

    October 19, 2018
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp
    *NNPC pipeline network

    Ike Amos

    19 October 2018, Sweetcrude, Lagos —
    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Thursday, denies culpability in the pipeline fire incident that occurred last week in Umuaduru and Umuimo communities in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State.

    The NNPC, in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, claimed that the incident was not as a result of negligence on its part.

    He insisted that the incident was triggered by suspected oil thieves who had hacked into its System 2E pipeline network with a view to intercepting the flow of petrol from Port Harcourt to Aba.

    He said the clarification became necessary in view of the recent statement by a legislator indicting NNPC on the fire outbreak which had claimed lives and valuable properties.

    Ughamadu explained that the presence of items such as jerrycans, among others, at the scene of the incident as contained in the preliminary report on the matter, indicated that the activities of vandals in the area ignited the flame.

    He regretted that incessant vandalism of pipeline facilities along System 2E Pipeline Right of Way, PROW, which has led to the underutilization of the Enugu Depot, saying that the breaches have prevented the corporation from pumping fuel into it.

    He called on relevant government agencies to collaborate with the corporation to appropriately criminalize vandalism of oil facilities across the country, adding that host communities should also partner the NNPC to tame the scourge.

    Ughamadu prayed that God reposes the souls of the innocent ones that perished in the incident, even as he warned members of the public against tempering with oil facilities which he described as inflammable.

    Related News

    Angola’s Block 17 partners sign license extension

    Tinubu pardons Ken Saro-Wiwa, confers national honours on Ogoni Nine

    NCDMB Executive Secretary becomes member of APPO Board

    E-book
    Resilience Exhibition

    Latest News

    LASG approves seven dedicated truck parks for Lekki Port axis

    June 13, 2025

    NCDMB Executive Secretary joins AEW 2025 amid focus on enhancing local capacity

    June 13, 2025

    AfDB to provide $184.1m for Africa’s largest solar energy and battery storage project

    June 13, 2025

    NSC seeks closer collaboration with Police to boost port enforcement

    June 13, 2025

    Can the African Energy Bank transform the continent’s refining and downstream future?

    June 13, 2025
    Demo
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Opec Daily Basket
    • Oil
    • Power
    • Gas
    • Freight
    • Financing
    • Labour
    • Technology
    • Solid Mineral
    • Conferences/Seminars
    • Community Development
    • Nigerian Content Initiative
    • Niger-Delta Question
    • Insurance
    • Other News
    • Focus
    • Feedback
    • Hanging Out With Markson

    Subscribe for Updates

    Get the latest energy news from Sweetcrudereports.

    Please wait...
    Please enter all required fields Click to hide
    Correct invalid entries Click to hide
    © 2025 Sweetcrudereports.
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy Policy

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.