Nembe Creek Trunk Line

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Nembe Creek Trunk Line is an oil pipeline in Nigeria.

Location

The pipeline runs from Nembe Creek to Bonny Oil Terminal, Nigeria.

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Project details

• Operator: Aiteo Exploration and Production Limited
• Owner: Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited [45%]; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [35%]; Total E&P Nigeria Limited [10%]; Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited [5%]
• Parent company: Aiteo Group [45%]; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [35%]; TotalEnergies SE [10%]; Eni S.p.A. [5%]
• Capacity: 150,000 barrels per day
• Length: 97 kilometers
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2010

Background

Nembe Creek Trunk Lin is a 97 kilometer, 150,000 barrels of oil per day pipeline constructed byShell Plc and situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Nembe Creek Trunk Line is one of Nigeria’s major oil pipelines that transports Bonny Light crude oil from the Niger Delta to the Atlantic coast for export, along with the Trans Niger Oil Pipeline.

The construction of the pipeline began in 2006, and the trunk line was commissioned in 2010 at a cost of US$1.1 billion. It was built by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited Joint Venture (SPDC), comprising Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited. The pipeline is currently operated by Aiteo Group.

It was constructed as a replacement to the aging and often-vandalized Nembe Creek Pipeline, which had suffered significant losses due to incessant fires, sabotage, and theft.

Ownership

The pipeline is owned by Aiteo Group, which purchased it as part of the related facilities of the oil bloc OML29 from Shell Petroleum Development Company in 2016. The other joint venture partners, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited, also assigned their interests of 10% and 5% respectively in the lease, ultimately giving Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited a 45% interest in OML29 and the Nembe Creek Trunk Line.

Based on this information, ownership is presumed to be: Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited [45%]; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [35%]; Total E&P Nigeria Limited [10%]; Agip Oil Company Limited [5%].

Opposition

In November 2016, The Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers attacked the Nembe Creek Trunk Line pipeline in the Southern Niger Delta region. The militant group had said they would cease hostilities only months before, but reversed their decision due to the Nigerian government's continued military presence in the region. The military reported that the attack had failed, but the militant group said attacks would continue until their demands were met. Some of those demands include increased development in the region from oil revenue and for company headquarters to move to the Niger Delta, where most of Nigeria's oil comes from.

In March 17, Shell's Nigerian company temporarily shut down the Nembe Creek Trunk Line to repair pieces along the line that were affected by theft. In July 2017, a similar incident occurred which required the line to be temporarily shut down due to sabotage and theft along the line which feeds Bonny Light crude.

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External articles

Wikipedia also has an article on Nembe Creek Trunk Line. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.