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Nigerian Navy intensifies Operation Delta Sentinel
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Operation Delta Sentinel continues to pressure target illegal refining in the Niger Delta. In and oil theft. Since late July 2026 the navy’s NNS PATHFINDER navy has seized additional illicit cargo. On 29 July, after a week‑long surveillance, the navy intercepted two wooden boats in the Okrika waterways of Rivers State, seizing Hong Kong‑owned tanker Filia, flagged to São Tomé and Príncipe, anchored near an offshore export terminal. The ship was found with about 15,500 L of petroleum – roughly 12,000 L 650 tonnes of crude oil (valued at roughly $490,000) and 3,500 L 33 tonnes of siphoned premium motor spirit. Earlier, on 23 July 2026, fuel oil. Crew members dumped part of the navy boarded oil into the tanker MT FILIA in Akwa Ibom State; sea, creating marine pollution, and all 12 crew were detained. This seizure reinforces earlier actions, including the São Tomé‑and‑Príncipe‑flagged 23 July boarding of the same vessel was found with that uncovered 650 tonnes of undocumented crude and 32.82 metric tonnes of fuel oil, 650 metric tonnes of undocumented crude, and a cargo valued at more than N 660 million. Its 12‑person crew was detained for investigation. Navy officials said that between the 27 July interception of two wooden boats in Okrika, which yielded 15,500 L of petroleum products. Between April and June 2026 the service had recovered navy reported recovering over 4.7 million L of petroleum products, deactivated more than product, shutting down 58 illegal refining sites, destroyed refineries, destroying 239 dugout pits and 13 refining ovens, and arrested upwards of 91 arresting more than 90 suspects. The crackdown coincides campaign aligns with Nigeria’s rising crude output rising to of about 1.89 million barrels per day in July, surpassing day, exceeding its OPEC quota. These actions underscore a sustained, data‑driven campaign quota, and aims to dismantle oil‑theft logistics, protect national revenue, safeguard revenue and mitigate reduce environmental damage from unauthorized refining. damage.
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- 2026-07-30 12:22 UTC Nigerian Navy intensifies Operation Delta Sentinel
- 2026-07-28 19:06 UTC Nigerian Navy intensifies Operation Delta Sentinel
- 2026-07-26 18:23 UTC Nigerian Navy crackdown on illegal oil trade
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