Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSA) Nigerian unit has shut a trunk line of the Trans Niger Pipeline following a leak, barely a week after reopening it, the company said Friday.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSA) Nigerian unit has shut a trunk line of
the Trans Niger Pipeline following a leak, barely a week after reopening it,
the company said Friday.
The latest incident underscores how, despite a government crackdown, oil theft
remains a persistent problem in
Nigeria
,
Africa
's
largest oil producer, and continues to disrupt its crude supply.
The 24-inch trunk line, which is part of a broader pipeline route that carries
150,000 barrels of oil a day through the Niger Delta to the Bonny terminal, was
shut on Thursday.
The company said in a statement that "with the 28-inch TNP already shut in
for removal of illegal theft connections, a total of about 150,000 barrels per
day of oil have been deferred."
The statement said: "Details of this latest incident including cause and
size of spill are unclear at the moment, but the TNP has been variously
targeted by crude oil thieves in recent months and shut down several times to
enable the removal of theft points."
The statement said the relevant authorities have been notified of the incident
and Shell's Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Co, SPDC, is
"mobilizing to respond as quickly as possible with a joint investigation
visit and repairs, preparatory to clean up."
The TNP was shut down last month following an explosion and fire at a point
that had been targeted by oil thieves at Bodo West in the Niger Delta's
Ogoniland.
SPDC said it reopened the TNP 24-inch pipeline last week after it had repaired
the point where crude oil theft led to an explosion and removed six crude oil
connections where thieves had tapped in.
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