Action: Shell is looking to gain access to the Delta the oil spill
Shell seeks spill access
Shell still has no access to the oil spill in Nigeria which has forced it to close 187,000 barrels per day of production.
A company source told Reuters Shell is negotiating with community groups in the Nembe Creek area of the Niger Delta to carry out an inspection and repairs to the trunk pipeline, which feeds the Bonny export terminal.
"We need to meet people to discuss our licence to operate and freedom to operate. That process is well in hand and we will be there hopefully by the weekend," said the source, asking not to be named because of company policy.
It is not possible to say how long the investigation and repairs would take until Shell's team has obtained access, he added.
The reduction in Nembe Creek comes on top of a 600,000 bpd reduction from oilfields in the western Niger Delta, which have been shut since a series of militant attacks in February 2006.