Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Shell issues Forcados production warning in Nigeria due to sabotage, lifts Bonny Light warning


Washington Post (AP)
11 October 2011


LAGOS, Nigeria — Royal Dutch Shell PLC is warning it can’t meet Forcados crude production goals in Nigeria, after shutting down production on one of its pipelines in the oil-rich southern delta.

A Shell spokesman said in a statement Monday that its Nigerian subsidiary has declared “force majeure” on its Forcados crude shipment from October until December. The term is used when it is impossible for an oil company to cover the promised supply from the field.

Tony Okonedo says the Trans Forcados pipeline recorded a leak Thursday which had been caused by explosives.

Okonedo said that at the same time Shell was lifting a Bonny Light force majeure declared on Aug. 23.

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