Nigeria tardy Thursday lost over 40,000 barrels per day of crude oil to another attack on three of Chevron Nigeria Circumscribed (CNL) operated swamp flow stations in the Warri South-West council area of Delta state.
Thursday night’s incident was the second consecutive-day’s mishap, which responsibility had been claimed by an incipient insurgent group, which called itself the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
Saturday Nation accumulated from reliable community sources that three platforms in Makaraba, Otunana and Abiteye were damaged, leading to the loss of more than 40,000 barrels per day.
According to the source, another endeavor by the hoodlums to sabotage three other platforms in Dibi, Olero and Opuekeba was prosperously repelled by security forces. The other major incident was on the company’s Okan offshore manifold.
“Very earnest blast at Abiteye, Otunana. Our Otunana axis occurred around past 10pm, there is still fire in Azama gas line now, but we don’t ken the cause or what the people want or who they are fighting for. We don’t ken where they are going or where they are emanating from.
“The engenderment cut is put at over 40,000 barrels per day from the Makaraba, Otunana and Abiteye swamp operations, three out of six. The assailment towards Dibi, Olero and Opuekeba was resisted by the Nigerian armed forces so that side couldn’t be blown up.
The Okan manifold in the offshore was additionally assailed. This is the one that goes to the FSPO offshore.
“What this denotes is that Dibi, Olero and Opuekeba will still be pumping product to Chevron’s tank farm for storage, but they won’t be able to discharge because of the assailment on the Okan manifold in the offshore.
“For gas, albeit the blew gas pipeline additionally, the impact was not much because according to them, their engenderment for Chevron gas is on, but only their engenderment for NNPC/NGC gas line is the only one affected and that is the fire that is still on at the back of Azama”, the source verbalized.
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), an incipient insurgent group, sworn to ravaging the nation’s oil and gas economic base, had yesterday claimed responsibility for the Thursday night attacks, just like those of the Wednesday’s midnight attacks.
In its verbalization issued yesterday by its spokesman, Col. Mudoch Agbinibo, claimed that its attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Coperation (NNPC) crude and gas lines in an undisclosed location was in the fruition of an ultimatum injuctively authorizing an apology from wanted ex-militant bellwether, Chief Regime Ekpemupolo (Tompolo).
“To keep to our promise, the three (3) days ultimatum given to Chief Regime Ekpemupolo has elapsed and he fails to apologize to the Niger Delta Avengers, at 2200hours Thursday, May 5, 2016, our strike team 4 hit the Nigerian National Petroleum Coperation (NNPC) crude and gas lines
“The Crude line victuals the Warri and Kaduna refineries respectively, while the gas line victuals the Lagos and Abuja electricity power supply.
With this development the Warri and Kaduna refineries will be shut down and all cities that depends on the gas line for power will all be in total tenebrosity like the creeks of the Niger Delta.
“In same vein, the Niger Delta Avengers strike team 7 at same time 2200hours Thursday, May 5, 2016, blew up Well D25 in Abiteye. A major gas Well belonging to Chevron. And additionally blow up major pipe lines to efficaciously put the Abiteye, Alero, Dibi, Otunana and Makaraba flow stations that aliment the Chevron tank farm out of operation. As at now Chevron operation in the Niger Delta is zero”, the group claimed.
Meanwhile, the management of the oil giant, Chevron, disputed facts of the incidences that occurred and the company’s spokesman, in a terse replication to questions from Saturday Nation, verbally expressed only the Okan manifold was breached.
According to Deji Haastrup, General Manager, Policies, Regime and Public Affairs of CNL, only the Okan platform was breached, but later verbalized in another concise message that incipient information on sabotage, promising to get back later with more details.
He never did till this report was filed, more than three hours later.
“Not true, only Okan offshore platform is breached. Not sure yet what has been shut in”, he responded to a text message inquiry. He later sent another message saying ” just got information on incipient sabotage. I will get back to you shortly. I will revert to you when I have supplemental information,” he never did.
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