Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed has be­gun tran­si­tion­ing to up­grad­ed pipeline in­fra­struc­ture as part of an on­go­ing pro­gramme aimed at im­prov­ing op­er­a­tional safe­ty, en­vi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion and sys­tem re­li­a­bil­i­ty.

In a me­dia state­ment, the state-owned en­er­gy com­pa­ny said the ini­tia­tive in­volved the re­place­ment of ap­prox­i­mate­ly 10,000 feet of pipeline in­fra­struc­ture run­ning through the com­mu­ni­ties of Mara­bel­la and Tarou­ba.

Her­itage said the project forms part of its con­tin­ued in­vest­ment in re­plac­ing age­ing in­fra­struc­ture to re­duce op­er­a­tional down­time, im­prove pipeline in­tegri­ty and min­imise risks to near­by com­mu­ni­ties and the en­vi­ron­ment.