SHELL COMMENCES ‘SKELETAL’ LOADING OF CRUDE OIL FROM TRANSFORCADOS PIPELINE

day and 52,000 bpd from Oil Mining Lease (OML) 42 before the militants bombed the Forcados pipeline.

He added that after the attacks, his company experienced zero production for six months before production was ramped up to its current level of 15,000 bpd.

Some marginal field producers such as Pillar Oil, Midwestern Oil and Gas, Platform Petroleum and Energia also convey their crude oil through the pipeline.

However, some of the marginal field producers have another alternative route through the pipelines operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to carry their crude oil to Brass Export Terminal.

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc is also planning to bypass the Trans-Forcados pipeline with the Amukpe-Escravos pipeline, which is scheduled for completion this year.