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ExxonMobil shuts in Nigeria output



By Upstream staff 

US supermajor ExxonMobil has shut in all of its Nigerian oil production, totalling about 800,000 barrels per day, since last week due to a workers' strike, industry sources said today.

"There is a complete shutdown of all offices, flow stations, everything. There is no production," one of the sources told Reuters.

ExxonMobil could not be reached immediately for comment.

The supply loss brings the amount offline in Nigeria to 1.36 million bpd, more than half of its output, according to oil companies and industry sources.

"From Friday, (Exxon workers) have been gradually shutting down operations. They have shut down 770,000 barrels per day of production, literally all of their production," a senior oil official told Reuters in a telephone interview.

Exxon could not say how long the oil would be shut in.

"Essentially all production of ExxonMobil's affiliates in Nigeria has been shut in. The affiliates will not speculate about the length of the shut-in nor how long it will take to restart production," the US supermajor said in an emailed statement, said Reuters.


Monday, 28 April, 2008, 11:59 GMT  | last updated: Monday, 28 April, 2008, 21:22 GMT

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