Abuja
- Royal Dutch Shell shut the Trans Niger oil pipeline after a fire,
threatening to worsen a drop in Nigerian output due to unplanned
disruptions.
The
line can transport about 180 000 barrels a day to the Bonny Export
Terminal in the Niger Delta was halted Tuesday due to a blaze at Kpor
in Ogoniland, Precious Okolobo, a company spokesman in Lagos, said
Thursday by phone.
Shell
declined to comment on the impact on production.
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Nigeria’s
daily output dropped by 200 000 barrels to 1.45 million in December,
ending three months of gains as the African nation struggled to
restore capacity after a year of militant attacks on oil
infrastructure.
Production
fell to 1.39 million barrels in August, the lowest level since 1988,
according to data compiled by Bloomberg.