Blast Hits Oil Pipeline Feeding Forcados Terminal in Nigeria's Delta
A blast on Tuesday rocked a pipeline operated by Nigeria's state-run oil firm that feeds the Forcados terminal in the southern Niger Delta energy hub, a spokesman for Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) said. The explosion occurred while the pipeline was being repaired following an attack last week…
Blast Rocks Forcados Pipeline
A blast rocked a pipeline operated by Nigeria's state-run oil firm NNPC that feeds the Forcados terminal in the southern Niger Delta energy hub, a community leader and security source said on Tuesday. The explosion occurred while the pipeline was being repaired following an attack last week, they said.
Shell Resumes Crude Exports from Forcados Terminal
Royal Dutch Shell has resumed crude exports from the Forcados terminal in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta following repairs after a militant attack, the Nigerian presidency said on Tuesday. "The Shell Director, Mr. Andrew Brown, informed the President of the resumption of oil…
OPEC Oil Output Near Record High in April as Iran
OPEC's oil output rose in April to close to the highest level in recent history, a Reuters survey found on Friday, as production increases led by Iran and Iraq more than offset a strike in Kuwait and other outages. Top exporter Saudi Arabia, however, made no major change to output…
Shell Lifts Force Majeure on Nigeria's Forcados Crude Oil Stream
Shell has lifted a force majeure on exports of Nigeria's Forcados crude oil stream that had been in place for more than two months, the company said on Tuesday. "The Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture lifted the force majeure on exports from Forcados Terminal effective 18:00 Nigerian time yesterday…