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Shell shuts down Nigeria export terminal because of oil pipeline leak
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/17/shell-shuts-nigeria-export-terminal-because-of-oil-pipeline-leak/
Shell shuts down Nigeria export terminal because of oil pipeline leak
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, March 17, 2014 10:50 EDT
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said on Monday that it had halted crude exports from a key terminal in southern Nigeria because of a leak in a supply pipeline.
Shell said its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC was working to repair a leak on one of its pipelines under the sea from its Forcados Oil terminal.
“The line was immediately shut down when we observed the leak on March 4, 2014,” Shell said, without disclosing the volume of crude exports affected.
With a capacity of 400,000 barrels of crude per day, Forcados is one of Nigeria’s main export terminals.