Only about 38% of the over 5,120 kilometre pipeline owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is functioning, the state oil corporation has admitted.

The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari, said this situation accounts for why the Corporation has struggled to efficiently operate the facilities over the past two decades.

Speaking at Energy & Corporate Africa-organised forum on, “Next Level: Critical Pipeline Infrastructure and Promoting Gas Utilisation Option Post Cover-19,” Kyari said recurring pipeline vandalism remained the biggest challenge of NNPC in the infrastructure segment, adding that it results to huge losses annually.

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Source: OrientEnergyReview