Oil export from oilfields in parts of Bayelsa has resumed
as Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company on Friday said that it has
concluded repairs on the 97 km Nembe-Bonny export line that was breached on
April 21 by unknown vandals.
Mr Ndiana Mathew, Spokesman of Aiteo, operator of the OML
28 oilfield announced the re=start of the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) in a
statement issued via e-mail on Friday
Mathew said the development has resulted to resumption of
the 150,000 barrels per day capacity oil export line, lifting the ‘Force
Majeure’ on its oil exports.
“Aiteo confirms that our Emergency Pipeline Repair
teams have successfully completed leak repair activities onall reported leak points
on the NCTL.
“Consequently,all injectors have been advised
to re-align and commence start-up formalities immediately and advise on their start
up times,” Aiteo stated.
The oil firm had declared a ‘Force Majeure’ on oil exports
from the facility on April 21, 2019.
Force Majeure is a legal clause that absolves a firm from
liabilities from failure to meet contractual obligations due to circumstances
outside its control.
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta had on
April 24 revealed that six masterminds of the sabotage which resulted to fire
outbreak died in the inferno.
Rear
Admiral Akinjidie Akinrinade, the JTF Commander, disclosed this shortly after
inspecting the site of the incident in Awoba area along the Nembe-Bonny oil
export pipeline in Rivers
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