Nigeria: Shell Suspends Operations

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The threat by militants to cripple Nigeria’s oil export is gradually being actualised as Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has suspended its entire operations in the Western Niger Delta, covering Delta State and parts of Bayelsa State, THISDAY has learnt.

With this development, only the company’s activities in the Eastern Niger Delta are sustaining its field operations in the country – but the Federal Government has moved to douse claims by militants that the amnesty offer to them was a “Greek Gift”.

The troubled oil major had in 2006 pulled out of the area but later launched a gradual re-entry programme, culminating in the re-opening of the giant 450,000 barrels per day Forcados export terminal.

The company also made remarkable progress in an effort to re-open 115,000 barrels per day EA facility and had also embarked on various community development projects.

But THISDAY gathered that owing to the renewed attacks on its facilities and workers especially in the last six months, Shell last week abandoned its re-entry programme and suspended its operations as well as all community development projects in the area.

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