Power generation may drop
By Ejiofor Alike

Shell Petroleum Development Company
of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has declared
force majeure on exports of crude oil
from the Forcados Terminal in Delta
State, following a leak on the Trans
Forcados Pipeline (TFP), which delivers
Forcados grade of crude oil to the export
terminal.
Shell had in July lifted the force majeure
declared on exports of Forcados on May 5,
following leaks on the pipeline.
This development, it was learnt, would
potentially lead to a drop in power
generation as it will affect gas supply to
some power stations.
The pipeline is a crude oil facility, but the
liquid condensate produced by some gas
fields, together with gas, is normally
evacuated through the pipeline.
Shell’s Corporate Media Relations
Manager, Mr. Precious Okolobo, said in a
statement last night that the force
majeure, which took effect from
yesterday afternoon was due a leak on
the TFP that has affected crude receipts
into Forcados Terminal.
The pipeline, which belongs to the
Nigerian Petroleum Development
Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), transports Forcados grade of
crude oil to the Forcados export terminal.
Though Okolobo did not disclose the
volume of crude oil that will be affected,
the Forcados export terminal has a
capacity to export over 400,000 barrels
per day.
The facility is the main pipeline that
transports crude oil for Shell and other
third parties from the producing fields to
the export terminal.
The closure of the pipeline in January
due to sabotage had led to a drop in
power generation by 1,500 megawatts as
almost half of the country’s gas
production was affected.
SEPLAT Petroleum Development
Company, which is listed in both London
and Nigeria; Pan Ocean Corporation and
the NPDC also transport their crude oil
through the pipeline.
The declaration of force majeure on
Forcados exports is coming barely three
weeks after Shell lifted the force
majeure on Bonny Light exports following
the repair and re-opening of the Trans
Niger Pipeline (TNP) and Nembe Creek
Trunkline (NCTL.)
The lifting of the force majeure came less
than one week after the company lifted
the force majeure it had declared on gas
supplies to the Nigeria LNG plant in
Bonny Island in Rivers State, following a
leak on the Eastern Gas Gathering System
(EGGS) caused by oil thieves, who had
thought that the pipeline was used for
crude oil.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/shell-declares-force-majeure-on-forcados-crude-exports/221585/


Power have deteriorated for the past 3 days @042...don't know of other places.

Shell, ITK Company.

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Shell has resumed loading at forcados..source.
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Thought it happened at all previously because of Jonathan's incompetence??

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