Nigeria: Militants Halt 50,000 Bpd Oil Exports

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has declared a force majeure on the exports of 50,000 barrel per day (bpd) from the Okono-Okpoho oilfield following Thursday’s attack on the Mystras Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel by armed militants in the Niger Delta.

According to report, the force majeure will affect a tanker that was due to berth at the field today.


The operatorship of the Okono-Okpoho oil field was only recently transfered to the NNPC after more than six years in the hands of Italy’s Saipem and SBM Offshore.

The latest declaration takes the total oil production halted due to militant attacks in the oil-rich region to about 665,000 bpd.

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