Nigeria: Eni Stops 65,000 Barrels Per Day Crude Production After Bayelsa Pipeline Attack

> Eni, the parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil Company
> (NAOC), said the oil firm's production had been cut
> short by 65,000 barrels per day following Friday's
> attack on its pipeline in Bayelsa.
>
> News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that earlier
> attacks in the oilfield on May 18 and 24 resulted in
> shutdown of some 5,200 barrels of the Eni's equity
> share of oil output.
>
> A spokesperson for Eni confirmed the development in a
> short e-mail response to NAN on Sunday.
> "The total deferred production due to the attack is
> 65,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily
> "I can confirm that.
>
> There is no further impact on
> production, since all production from the swamp area
> has already been stopped days ago," the e-mail from
> Eni's Media Relations Unit said.
>
> According to crude production figures provided by the
> oil firm, the country is losing about 3.12 million dollars
> in revenue each day the NAOC operated facility
> remains out of production.
>
> Also, Mr Shola Omole, the spokesman for Aiteo,
> operator of the Nembe Creek Trunk Line which came
> under attack by Niger Delta Avengers on May 28, said
> the line which conveyed crude to Bonny export terminal
> had been shut.
>
> Omole said some 75,000 barrels daily production was
> deferred as the line remained out of service.
>
> Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, said
> on Thursday that Nigeria was producing 1.6 million
> barrels per day which excludes further production
> outages due to attack on Agip, Chevron and Shell.