June 19, 2006
Nigerian Government has embargoed further export of crude oil from the Shell operated 225,000 barrels per day output capacity Bonga crude oil and gas field over non-payment of royalty by the Anglo Dutch oil company.
A senior government official who was part of the government delegation to the just concluded Producer–Consumer Summit on LNG which took place in Washington D.C., made the disclosure while speaking with Nigerian journalists in New York, USA, weekend.
The Bonga oil field is operated by the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) Limited, a subsidiary of Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN).