The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Pathfinder, in Port Harcourt, has destroyed a three million litres capacity illegal refinery in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The illegal refinery comprising six refining camps is located within Cawthorne Channel 2 on the coast of the state.
Punch gathered that the facility allegedly steals crude oil from a wellhead in Oil Mining Lease-18 operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited and Sahara Energy, adding that the operation was carried out by its Tactical Assault Squadron of the NNS.
The Commander, NNS Pathfinder, Commodore Desmond Igbo, who conducted newsmen around the illegal refinery on Wednesday expressed annoyance that the suspected oil thieves were steadily sabotaging the nation’s economy
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