Aiteo has confirmed that the fire reported within its Right Of Way (ROW) of the NCTL on 21 April 2019 has been completely put out
The joint task force on security team has confirmed that sabotage of the pipeline at Awoba was responsible; has identified some culprits and is set to act as is necessary. (Image source: Aiteo)
The security team conducted further inspections at various times yesterday and confirms this position.
In line with regulatory requirements, a joint investigation visit (JIV) comprising security and regulatory agencies as well as community representatives and Aiteo personnel will be constituted and deployed to the site to attend to the necessary incident formalities. This team is expected at the incident site imminently.
The joint task force on security team has confirmed that sabotage of the pipeline at Awoba was responsible; has identified some culprits and is set to act as is necessary.
Aiteo is working on further site preparation and mobilisation of specialised equipment to the swamps for further remedial action to facilitate a quick return to full functionality. Further information will be made available as soon as these occur.
The company has further been informed of a fire outbreak by the surveillance team comprising the JTF, FSS around NCTL RoW near Awoba on 21 April 2019.
"Our operations emergency response team was immediately activated and following its urgent intervention and containment action, we are constrained to shut in injection as well as other related operations into the NCTL. In accordance with standard procedure, we requested the other injectors to do same," noted the company.
The NCTL has enjoyed smooth operations preceding this incident founding suspicion that this fire may have occurred through an illegitimate, third-party breach of the functionality of the pipeline, a critical national asset.
In the meantime, the relevant investigations are continuing while further information about the remote and direct causes of the fire will be communicated as soon as these become available, explained the company.
