{"id":5272,"date":"2013-06-20T22:24:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T22:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/shell-shuts-major-nigerian-pipeline-cuts-output\/"},"modified":"2013-06-20T22:24:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T22:24:50","slug":"shell-shuts-major-nigerian-pipeline-cuts-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/shell-shuts-major-nigerian-pipeline-cuts-output\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell shuts major Nigerian pipeline, cuts output"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shell has shut a major pipeline in Nigeria after an explosion and fire in an area where oil theft has occurred, the latest such incident hitting output in Africa’s largest crude producer, the company said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The incident led to the Trans-Niger pipeline being completely shut down on Wednesday, a statement from Shell said, resulting in a cut of 150,000 barrels of oil per day.<\/p>\n
Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary “shut the Trans-Niger pipeline yesterday following an explosion and fire at a crude theft point on the 28-inch section of the facility at Bodo West in Ogoniland,” it said, referring to an area of southern Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The Anglo-Dutch company, the biggest producer in Nigeria, had already shut the 28-inch section of the line to repair areas where crude theft had occurred. It has now also closed the 24-inch section “as a precautionary response to the fire,” it said. <\/p>\n