Duo turn on Nigeria taps
ExxonMobil said it returned its oil output in Nigeria to normal operating
levels after an eight-day strike, while Shell plans to kick off a partial
resumption of production shut by militant attacks "within days".
The strike by members of the Pengassan union shut in virtually all of
ExxonMobil's 800,000 barrels per day output, forcing the US supermajor to
declare force majeure on its shipments at the start of last week.
A company spokeswoman could not immediately say whether ExxonMobil had now
lifted the force majeure following the end of the strike last Thursday. The
company is still in talks with the union over salary increases.
"We are pleased to report that production operated by ExxonMobil
upstream affiliates in Nigeria has been restored to pre-shut in levels,"
the company said in a statement.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Shell said its production in Nigeria was still
down by about 164,000 bpd due to recent militant attacks but it would start
to partly restore that "within days".
An attack by Niger Delta rebels on Saturday which blew up an oil flowstation
in the southern state of Bayelsa was "not a severe incident" and
had little impact on production, the spokesman said.
06 May 2008 08:41 GMT
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07 May 2008 16:55 GMT
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