Shell shuts in 140,000 b/d Nigerian output after attack

Shell has been forced to shut in about 140,000 b/d of Bonny Light oil production in Nigeria following attacks on Wednesday on three of its flowstations in the Niger Delta, a company official said Thursday.

“We have shut in about 140,000 b/d after some youths from the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State attacked the Ekulama 1, Ekulama 2 and Belema flowstations,” the official said.

“The youths invaded the facilities, forcing workers to abandon them,” he added.

A statement issued by the community on Thursday said the facilities were shut following the non-implementation of the Global Memorandum of Understanding Shell signed with the people of Kula.

“The oil company reneged on its promises of providing employment opportunities for the indigenes of the community. We have nothing to show for their presence here and we want them to do something or leave our land,” it said, adding that Shell was contracting out jobs that could be handled by youths from the community.

Platts