The
US
supermajor’s
Nigerian
unit
declared
force
majeure
on
Qua
Iboe
crude
oil
exports
due
to
outages
caused
by
an
oil
spill
on
9
November,
which
witnesses
said
had
spread
20
miles
down
the
coastline.
"There
are
issues
with
two
areas
in
a
pipeline
resulting
in
hydrocarbon
release
offshore,"
an
oil
trader
commented
to
Reuters.
Mark
Ward,
the
managing
director
of
Exxon
Mobil's
local
unit,
told
the
wire
service
a
cleanup
had
been
mobilised,
and
he
apologised
to
affected
communities
for
the
spill.
Shell
meanwhile lifted
on
Wednesday
its
force
majeure
on
Nigeria's
benchmark
Bonny
Light
crude
oil
exports,
easing…
