The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has launched ‘Crude Theft Monitoring Applications’ to curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism.
This was revealed in Abuja on the sideline of the signing of renewed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) agreements between NNPC and its partners in Oil Mining Leases.
The portal with the address ‘stopcrudetheft.com’ could also be accessed through a mobile phone.
The portal has application options for reporting incidences, with prompt follow up and responses and another one for crude sales documents validation.
Speaking during the launch, Malam Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), NNPC Ltd. said ”vandals’ actions on pipelines became a difficult thing to deal with, but it engaged partners to ensure that it responded to the situation.”
He said there was involvement of government regulatory bodies, security agencies and host communities while it put up a robust framework to curtail the menace.
