7 August 2022. A supertanker was stopped by NS Gongola on our waters in Bonny. According to the Navy, it had no NNPC clearance to lift crude. Then, it was allowed to proceed to Bonny deepshore to lift crude.
Now, here’s the intriguing bit
Before a supertanker lifts crude, it is moored to the single point moorings SPM of the deepshore. At that point, the Supertanker is tightly moored against choppy waters and adverse weather conditions to allow geostatic electrical systems to pump crude into it.
The supertanker had become a sitting duck at that point. Why was it not boarded by the Navy and confiscated since it was illegally in Nigerian waters?
The supertanker, having been loaded returned to sea and refused to stop when it was asked to by NS Gongola.
Hear the Navy Director of Information: “the supertanker escaped towards the Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Zone Area”. Supertanker escaping from a frigate
The Navy is involved in economic sabotage. Doubtless.
A supertanker can come into our waters, without the navy boarding it, ostensibly dump small and light in exchange for crude oil and vamoose.
That Supertanker is about 160k to 440k tons.
One ton is equal to 1.133 cubic metres, which in turn is approximately 1133 litres.
Current crude oil price in the world is at US$88 per barrel.
