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PPMC concludes work on vandalised Escravos-Warri pipeline

By on August 11, 2013

Pipelines and Products Marketing Company Limited in Warri, Delta State, has concluded major repairs on the 30 damaged points along the Escravos–Warri (system 2C) crude-line.

The PPMC said prior to the repairs, the route was used as locations for illegal refineries by pipeline vandals in Kokologbene community close to Bennet Island in Warri South-West Local Government of the state.

The Escravos-Warri (system 2C) serves as one of the major truck lines that supplies crude to the Warri and Kaduna refineries.

The PPMC in a statement on Thursday, said a disruption in its supplies was capable of grounding operations at the refineries and also capable of causing a severe damage to the environment.

The statement said the system 2C crude line had in recent times recorded the highest number of vandalised cases which contributed to the low capacity production at the Warri and Kaduna refineries.

It said the development in the past, had invariably led to an acute shortage in the supply of petroleum products to the public.

The statement said when the company embarked on an on-the-spot assessment to Kokologbene community recently, it  observed an intimidating presence of security personnel as men and officers of the 7 Amphibious Battalion, Effurun, were fully on ground.

It said the security were on ground to dig out pits that served as cover up for the illegal storage facilities.

The statement quoted military sources as saying that eight persons had been arrested during the raid of Kokologbene community.

It said the suspects had already been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The statement said it cost the PPMC over N50m to effect the repairs on 30 damaged points along the system 2C crude line’s right of way.

 

 

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