Shell Nigeria Says Oil Leak Leads to Output Loss of 187,000 bpd

Royal Dutch Shell said today a major oil spill in a production facility in southern Nigeria had reduced output by 187,000 barrels per day.

“There was a spill at Nembe Creek Trunk Line which led to a total output loss of 187,000 barrels per day. Ten flowstations were closed down to enable the company to effect necessary repairs,” a Shell official told Agence France-Presse.


He said the spill occurred on Sunday and company’s engineers and experts had been sent to “assess and contain” its spread.

He could not explain the cause of the spill.

“We are still investigating. The immediate concern is to stop the spill. This is why we had to shut down our operations in the eastern zone,” he said, promising that prompt action was being taken to contain the leak.

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