npcThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has relaxed the embargo earlier imposed on some 113 vessels from engaging in crude oil/gas loading activities in any of the terminals in Nigeria.
The NNPC in a statement issued Thursday night stressed that their decision to lift the embargo was due to the receipt of Letters of Comfort from all terminal operators, oil companies and off-takers of Nigerian oil and gas as guarantee that nominated vessels, pending the outcome of detailed investigation, were unencumbered and would not be utilised for any illegal activity whatsoever.
In the statement issued by the Group Managing Director, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, the corporation noted that the Federal Government had also approved the establishment of an inter-agency committee made up of the Department of State Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Nigerian Navy, Department of Petroleum Resources, and the NNPC.
“The inter-agency committee will appraise the culpability or otherwise of each of the vessels in the time past and advise appropriately,” the corporation said.
DAILY POST reports that the 113 vessels were banned by the corporation in July this year from engaging in crude oil/gas loading activities in any of the terminals within Nigerian territorial waters. .
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