Nigerian operations: Shell is a major player in the Niger Delta oil patch
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- Shell puts Bonny contracts on hold
- Shell pipe leak 'an accident'
- Bonny leak hits Shell Nigerian output
- Shell forced to cut output after new Delta pipe leak
- Shell hit by pipe leak in Nigeria
- Escravos terminal invaded
- Shell fights tribal curse in Nigeria
- Shell sinks deeper into Delta mire
Shell works on Nembe Creek fix
Shell has started repairing the Nembe Creek trunkline, in Nigeria, after a leak forced it to shut in 210,000 barrels per day in oil output, a spokesman said today.
Shell is losing 180,000 bpd because of the leak discovered a week ago in a section of Niger Delta pipeline, while Chevron is losing 30,000 bpd that should be going through the same pipeline.
"We are going ahead with repairs at this time," a Shell spokesman said, adding that the company could not tell how long the repairs might take.
On Wednesday Shell declared force majeure on Bonny Light exports because of the leak, but the company has said loadings are continuing at the Bonny terminal.
Shell has not made any official comment on what caused the leak, but a company source in the delta's main city of Port Harcourt told Reuters the damage was accidentally caused by another company working in the area.
Shell is currently losing 653,000 bpd in Nigeria, most of it because of a series of militant attacks on its facilities in February.