August 22nd, 2012
The government of Nigeria has published an updated list of oil marketers recommended for criminal investigation in the on-going saga in the country’s oil industry.
In a notice circulated today by the office of the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the government stressed that the updated number is 25, four more than the list of 21 released earlier. The information, in a table format, was extracted from a report.
“The Presidential Committee on Verification and Reconciliation of Fuel Subsidy Payments has confirmed the number,” the notice said.
The table also includes a summary of the infractions, which the committee confirmed were committed by the 25 firms.
“As the information shows, some of the companies claimed payments for consignments brought in by ships, which investigations revealed were either non-existent, or were somewhere else in the world!” the government said.
While most of the companies were cited for a single infraction each, some of them had several. They include:
• Capital Oil & Gas Industry Limited, which has five infractions totalling almost $8.9 billion;
• Matrix Energy Limited, five infractions totalling $6.23 billion; and
• Nassaman Oil Services Limited, four infractions totalling $3.86 billion.
The full list is as follows:
Please find below extract of the report detailing the cases against the Twenty-Five (25) OM&Ts.
| S/N | OM/T | INFRACTION DESCRIPTIONS
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AMOUNT |
| 1 | ALMINNUR RESOURCES LIMITED
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were no Longer operational at the time of transshipment and no shipping documents
|
504,329,535.27
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were no Longer operational at the time of transshipment and no shipping documents
|
546,700,899.36
|
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| 1,051,030,434.63 | |||
| 2 | BRILLA ENERGY LIMITED
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
963,796,199.85
|
| 3 | CAADES OIL AND GAS LTD
|
No evidence of Sales proceeds in banks
|
487,799,826.80
|
| 4 | CAPITAL OIL & GAS INDUSTRY LTD
|
Subsidy payments without proof of existence of the mother vessel bill of lading or daughter vessel bill of lading
|
984,440,711.38
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
1,480,444,043.58
|
||
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
1,832,280,164.36
|
||
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
2,110,438,332.44
|
||
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
2,490,576,987.15
|
||
| 8,898,180,238.91 | |||
| 5 | CAPITAL OIL PLC
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in the locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
608,077,964.00
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in the locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
608,220,553.20
|
||
| 1,216,298,517.20 | |||
| 6 | CEOTI LIMITED
|
Specially mentioned transactions with various infractions. Transactions were discovered to be bills for collection transactions, but as at the time of the review it was discovered that the shipping documents evidencing arrival of the products had not been submitted to the respective banks for payment:. 11/07/12 : OM/T to provide letter from their bankers confirming that they financed the transaction.
|
1,773,421,842.01
|
| 7 | CONOIL PLC
|
Subsidy payments without proof of existence of the mother vessel bill of lading or daughter vessel bill of lading
|
1,065,934,768.66
|
| Subsidy payments without proof of existence of the mother vessel bill of lading or daughter vessel bill of lading
|
1,882,143,309.24
|
||
| 2,948,078,077.90 | |||
| 8 | DOWNSTREAM ENERGY SOURCE LTD
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels could not be traced
|
789,648,329.25
|
| Subsidy payments without the signature of external auditors and independent inspectors on shore tank certificates
|
984,440,711.38
|
||
| 1,774,089,040.63 | |||
| 9 | ETERNA PLC
|
Subsidy payments for which there were no shipping documents or evidence of payment for the products in foreign exchange. (Form ‘m’ 945404)
|
578,295,672.84
|
| No evidence of sales proceeds in the bank.
|
626,465,370.06
|
||
| Subsidy payments without proof of existence of mother vessel bill of Lading or Daughter bill of Lading. (Form ‘m’ 926342)
|
917,895,596.40
|
||
| 2,122,859,123.70 | |||
| 10 | EURAFRIC OIL & GAS LTD
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
955,688,127.82
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were no longer operational at the time of transhipment
|
1,306,170,995.88
|
||
| 2,261,859,123.70 | |||
| 11 | HEYDEN PETROLEUM
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
594,714,089.31
|
| 12 | LUMEN SKIES LTD
|
Transactions disclaimed by banks
|
267,521,051.32
|
| Transactions disclaimed by banks
|
507,266,701.54
|
||
| 774,787,752.86 | |||
| 13 | MAJOPE INVESTMENT LTD
|
Subsidy payments without the signature of external auditors and independent inspectors on shore tank certificates
|
959,813,734.22
|
| 14 | MASTER ENERGY OIL & GAS LTD
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels could not be traced
|
1,454,308,353.50
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels could not be traced
|
1,454,687,937.79
|
||
| 2,908,996,291.29 | |||
| 15 | MATRIX ENERGY LIMITED
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels could not be traced
|
560,744,384.56
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels could not be traced
|
1,274,372,887.98
|
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| Specially mentioned transactions with various infractions. Transactions were Bills for collection and as at the time of review no shipping document evidencing payment was available. MAT/2031/MAS/PMS/28/09/11
|
1,301,904,784.71
|
||
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment. MAT/1679/MAS/PMS/27/04/11
|
1,501,684,359.70
|
||
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels could not be traced. MAT/2031/MAS/PMS/28/09/11
|
1,595,095,720.20
|
||
| 6,233,802,137.15 | |||
| 16 | MENOL OIL & GAS LIMITED
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
1,691,595,830.87
|
| 17 | MOB INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
|
No evidence of Sales proceeds in banks
|
1,019,068,114.10
|
| No evidence of Sales proceeds in banks
|
1,118,260,800.00
|
||
| 2,137,328,914.10 | |||
| 18 | MRS OIL & GAS PLC
|
Subsidy payments for which there were no shipping documents or evidence of payment for the products in foreign exchange
|
6,086,531,305.33
|
| 19 | NASAMAN OIL SERVICES LTD
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were no longer operational at the time of transhipment
|
598,723,358.04
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
749,991,273.36
|
||
| Subsidy payments without the signature of external auditors and independent inspectors on shore tank certificates
|
881,350,767.57
|
||
| No evidence of Sales proceeds in banks
|
1,631,342,040.93
|
||
| 3,861,407,437.90 | |||
| 20 | NATICEL PETROLEUM LIMITED
|
Specially mentioned transactions with various infractions. No shipping document in bank and no evidence of payment for product
|
1,514,333,360.64
|
| No evidence of Sales proceeds in banks
|
1,567,037,317.70
|
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| 3,081,370,678.34 | |||
| 21 | OCEAN ENERGY TRADING & SERVICES LTD
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels could not be traced
|
1,778,180,051.20
|
| 22 | PINNACLE CONTRACTORS LTD
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were not found in locations claimed at the time of transhipment
|
1,227,601,783.20
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were no longer operational at the time of transhipment
|
1,528,044,960.84
|
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| 2,755,646,744.04 | |||
| 23 | SIFAX OIL AND GAS COMPANY
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were no longer operational at the time of transhipment
|
1,033,119,489.60
|
| 24 | TONIQUE OIL SERVICES LTD
|
No evidence of Sales proceeds in banks
|
1,575,014,046.51
|
| 25 | TOP OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED.
|
Subsidy payments for which mother vessels were no Longer operational at the time of transshipment and no shipping documents
|
1,092,496,724.55
|
| Subsidy payments for which mother vessel could not be traced and no shipping documents were sighted
|
1,268,236,760.88
|
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| 2,360,733,485.43
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