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Chevron spokesman Scott Walker confirmed the attack, telling AFP: “Chevron Nigeria Limited … confirms that there was a breach on its Makaraba-Utonana pipeline in Delta State, Nigeria on Friday, January 8, 2010.” The sabotage led “to a shut in of production of about 20,000 (bpd) from the Makaraba and Utonana platforms to protect the environment,” said Walker from Houston, Texas.
Nigerian delta group vows to hit oilfields again
Nigerian insurgents vowed Thursday to renew their five-year war against Africa’s largest oil industry when a unilateral cease-fire expires, even though some of their leaders have surrendered under a government amnesty in recent weeks.
Their defiance raised the prospect of a major military offensive against them in their swampy stronghold [...]
Kosmos has estimated the Jubilee field could potenitally hold recoverable oil and gas reserves between 650 million and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
Exxon is one of the largest producers in Africa and has operations in Angola, Chad, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria. Company also is exploring for oil in Libya, Madagascar, the Republic of Congo and the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone. But Exxon had held back on jumping on Ghana bandwagon — until now.
Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters, Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah, who made these known said “Nigerian LNG has a total installed capacity of 22 million metric tones of LNG per annum. In addition to the Nigerian LNG, other LNG projects such as the Brass, Olokola and other third party LNG plants are awaiting final investment decision, which is dependent on resolution of gas supply issues. The Brass and OKLNG facilities when completed, will add more than over 30 million metric tones of additional LNG capacity for export.”
