55,000 barrels per day of oil cut in new Nigeria unrest: official

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2006

LAGOS (AFP) — Output of 55,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil was cut in Nigeria when armed protesters forced the closure of a flowstation belonging to Italy's Agip company in the Niger Delta, an Agip official told AFP. "A total of 55,000 bpd were shut in as a result of the forced closure of the Tebidaba flowstation in Bayelsa State," said the official who demanded not to be named.

"There were 48 persons -- all local staff -- on the flowstation when it was invaded by the protesters," said the official, who declined to comment on whether the workers were being held on the oil facility. The protesters invaded the Tebidaba flowstation in the volatile Niger Delta region and forced workers to shut it down, he said. Agip officials have rescinded their earlier decision to issue an...