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Eni declares Brass force majeure
Italian giant Eni has confirmed declaring force majeure on shipments from the Brass export terminal in Nigeria.
The company said it declared force majeure after a pipeline to the terminal in Bayelsa state was attacked and shut in on 18 and 19 June.
Nigerian rebel group the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) attacked the Ogoda Manifold-Brass Terminal pipeline about 10 kilometres from the terminal during the night of 18 and June.
In a statement released the day after after the attack, Eni-controlled Agip, which operates the pipeline, said: "Production was immediately shut off [after the attack].
"At present, the total amount of production loss is equivalent to 33,000 barrels per day of oil and about 80 million cubic feet per day of gas."
Mend launched its latest sabotage campaign after the military last month carried out its biggest offensive against armed gangs in the western Niger Delta for at least a decade.
The militants' initial attacks were in Delta state where the military offensive took place, but widen their operations into bayelsa state, targeting Shell, Chevron and Agip operations, in the middle of this month.
Since it first emerged in early 2006, Mend attacks have shut in between 20% and 30% of Nigeria's output.