Oil producing communities’ people along the Trans-Forcado pipelines and Escravos Warri Refinery corridors have commended the Federal Government on the award of the contract of protecting the Nation’s critical assets in the oil-rich communities of Delta State to Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), a Nigerian company.
Ocean Marine Solutions Limited is one of Nigeria foremost asset protection Companies providing security for crude oil pipelines in Delta State.
Leaders of the oil producing communities gave the commendation following reports that Nigeria has lost an estimated $3.5 billion in eleven months due to the criminal activities of oil thieves in the Niger Delta region.
Addressing journalists in Warri, Delta State, on Friday, the Chairman Warri Multi-Stakeholders Platform, Dr. Jeffrey Wilkie, however, charged the government to be wary of profiteers, who benefit from instability through vandalism and sabotage of critical national assets.
The leader of the group pointed out that oil and gas assets in their communities were safe through the services of OMSL operating in communities.
Wilkie said: ”We wish to appreciate the Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the unprecedented performance of OMSL in partnering with the host communities in line with your mandate to eradicate pipeline Vandalism, illegal oil bunkering and sabotage in Delta State.
“We thank you especially for your noble Initiatives by considering OMSL for the security and maintenance contract of trans-forcados contract, OML 40 export pipeline and Escravos Warri Refinery in Delta State”, he added.
