Shell Closes Nigerian Oil Pipeline After Leak, PM News Reports
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) closed an oil pipeline in Nigeria after detecting a leak, Lagos-based PM News reported on its website, citing a company spokesman.
The leak on a line connecting an oil well with the company’s Nembe Creek 2 flowstation in Nigeria’s southern Rivers state was discovered on Aug. 29, PM News reported yesterday, citing Precious Okolobo, a Shell spokesman.
Shell was investigating the source of the leak, which is not thought to have had much impact on production, PM News said, citing Okolobo.
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