Nigeria Nears 100% Crude Oil Receipts with Military, Security Support, Asserts Ojulari 

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Bayo Ojulari, says Nigeria has achieved nearly 100 percent pipeline and terminal crude oil receipts, a milestone he attributed to the collaboration with the nation’s security forces and intelligence agencies.

Ojulari disclosed this on Monday while speaking at the 2025 African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit, where he praised the role of defence and security institutions in tackling crude theft, vandalism, and other threats to Nigeria’s oil infrastructure.

“Today, I can proudly report to you all that our pipelines and terminal crude oil receipt, that was somewhere as low as 20 to 30 percent some periods back, we are attaining close to 100 percent due to the support of the security forces and intelligence agencies,” he said.

The NNPC boss highlighted that the achievement was the product of professionalism, discipline, and inter-agency collaboration, which he described as crucial to protecting Nigeria’s most vital economic asset.

Ojulari further stressed that the oil company remains committed to working closely with security and intelligence agencies to consolidate recent gains and safeguard national interests.

“This support and collaboration have been demonstrated with our successes in industry-wide security architecture here in Nigeria, which has greatly reduced the incidence of sabotage, vandalism, crude theft, illegal refineries, illegal bunkering, and piracy,” he noted.

Looking beyond national borders, Ojulari called for greater regional and continental cooperation, saying the protection of Africa’s natural resources required an expanded security architecture that leverages modern policies, technologies, and cross-border synergies.

“We envision, by virtue of these gatherings and initiatives to be developed, an expanded architecture that takes into account the activities on a regional and continental level with all the enabling tools, policies, and technologies to allow seamless synergies and collaboration across borders,” he said.

He assured stakeholders that Nigeria’s oil and gas sector “stands ready to complement this effort, as we eagerly articulate the benefit to be accrued for the ultimate upliftment of all the stakeholders as citizenry across our borders.”

Ojulari urged collective effort from African defence chiefs and industry leaders to safeguard the continent’s resources, strengthen peace, and foster prosperity across the region.