The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has announced a 37.21 % decrease in cases of pipeline vandalism across the country in the month of January 2021.
This was contained in the January 2021 edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), according to a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Kennie Obateru.
The report indicated that a total of 27 pipeline points were vandalized in January 2021 down from the 43 points recorded in December 2020.
To guarantee energy security, the Corporation also supplied a total of 1.44billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), translating to 46.30million liters/day, across the country in the period under review.
In the Gas sector, a total of 223.55 Billion Cubic Feet, BCF, of natural gas was produced in the month of January 2021, translating to an average daily production of 7,220.22 Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day, mmscfd.
Also, the daily average natural gas supply to gas power plants increased by 2.38% to 836mmscfd, equivalent to power generation of 3,415MW.
Out of the total gas output in January 2021, a total of 149.24BCF of gas was commercialized consisting of 44.29BCF and 104.95BCF for the domestic and export markets respectively.