Shell restores 115,000 bpd production in Nigeria
Posted: 06 February 2006
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Shell has restored production of 115,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) at its offshore EA oil field in southern Nigeria after the hostage crisis was resolved, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.
But the production of 106,000 bpd at the four flow stations shut after the attack on a major pipeline in the swamps of the troubled Niger Delta region earlier this month was yet to resume, said the spokesman who asked not be named.
"115,000 barrels of oil per day in EA field has been restored. The four flowstations shut after the attack on the Trans Ramos pipeline remain shut and production shut in is still 106,000 barrels per day," the spokesman told Xinhua.
"The force majeures declared for Forcados and EA offtakes are still in place," he added.
Both the attack and the abduction occurred on 11 January. The hostages, an American, a Briton, a Bulgarian and a Honduran, however, were released after 19 days in captivity and had departed Nigeria for their countries.
The hostage-takers reportedly said the release was "purely on humanitarian grounds" and vowed to continue their attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, where the majority of Nigeria's oil is produced.
The spokesman said Shell would continue to monitor the security situation in the Niger Delta.
Nigeria is the biggest oil producer in Africa with an output of 2.5 million bpd, while Shell accounts for about half of the country's oil production.
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