Nembe Trunk Line Up and Running - Aiteo
The Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) has resumed normal operations following the plugging of a leak which necessitated the shutdown of the facility on February 28.
A spokesperson for Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production the operator of the 97 km NCTL, Masade Odianosen made this known on Sunday that the facility “is up and running’’.
The development has allayed fears of a major disruption of oil export on the export pipeline that evacuates up to 150,000 barrels of crude daily to the Bonny Oil Export Terminal.
The Aiteo spokesperson said that the NCTL was restarted while the joint investigation of the March 1 explosion from Oil Well No.7 within Nembe Creek oilfields, a totally unrelated incident to the NCTL was in progress.
The official explained that the NCTL was not in operation when the explosion from an oil well within the OML 29 oil block occurred.
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) had said on Friday that it had commenced investigations into the explosion located within OML 29 operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration.
Reports that the blast ignited a fire which Aiteo officials said was put off on March 2, had already discharged crude oil and gas into the environment with no loss of lives recorded.
The volume of crude oil and gas discharged into the surrounding environment arising from the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
The Director-General, National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Dr Peter Idabor, also confirmed that a Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) has now been convened by the operator.
The D-G explained that the JIV, a statutory probe of leak incidents in the oil and gas sector would determine the cause of the explosion, the volume of oil leakage as well as assess damage to the environment.
But no update has been obtained on the condition of survivors nor if rescue of the missing is on going or not.
A spokesperson for Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production the operator of the 97 km NCTL, Masade Odianosen made this known on Sunday that the facility “is up and running’’.
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The development has allayed fears of a major disruption of oil export on the export pipeline that evacuates up to 150,000 barrels of crude daily to the Bonny Oil Export Terminal.
The Aiteo spokesperson said that the NCTL was restarted while the joint investigation of the March 1 explosion from Oil Well No.7 within Nembe Creek oilfields, a totally unrelated incident to the NCTL was in progress.
The official explained that the NCTL was not in operation when the explosion from an oil well within the OML 29 oil block occurred.
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) had said on Friday that it had commenced investigations into the explosion located within OML 29 operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration.
Reports that the blast ignited a fire which Aiteo officials said was put off on March 2, had already discharged crude oil and gas into the environment with no loss of lives recorded.
The volume of crude oil and gas discharged into the surrounding environment arising from the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
The Director-General, National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Dr Peter Idabor, also confirmed that a Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) has now been convened by the operator.
The D-G explained that the JIV, a statutory probe of leak incidents in the oil and gas sector would determine the cause of the explosion, the volume of oil leakage as well as assess damage to the environment.
But no update has been obtained on the condition of survivors nor if rescue of the missing is on going or not.
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