On 14 March 2014, NNS Delta commanding officer Musa Gemu was quoted by the Associated Press, as saying that the sailors destructed around 260 refineries in the Warri area of the southern Niger Delta.
From oil sold between January 2012 and July 2013, the oil thefts are unrelated to around some 20 billion petrodollars allegedly missing from the Nigeria’s treasury, according to the publication.
Shell Nigeria, one of the biggest operators in the West African nation, said that it lost about $1bn to oil thefts in 2013.
The company confirmed that an under-sea pipeline leak resulted in the closure of its Forcados export terminal, which holds the capacity to handle 400,000 barrels of crude a day, while the cause of the leak is still is being investigated.
