YENAGOA, NIGERIA | BY TIFE OWOLABI: Wed Apr 20, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell has failed to halt production at the Gbaran Ubie oil and gas facility in southern Nigeria, contravening a court order for the site to be sealed and raising the prospect of legal action, state government officials said on Wednesday.
A Reuters reporter spoke to workers at the plant who also said production had continued.
A Shell (RDSa.L) spokesman declined to comment.
The facility, in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta region, supplies the Bonny liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal and also helps generate electricity, which is scarce in Africa’s top oil producer and most populous nation.