Eni, the Italian parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says the breach of its 24-inch gas line at Okaka in Yenagoa has temporarily crippled its gas export.
The company said that there is now a ‘Force Majeure’ on its gas export feed to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) in Bonny The Trumpet gathered.
According to a statement by Eni, the incident on the gas pipeline operated by its Nigerian unit, NAOC cut gas export feed to NLNG by 5 Million Standard Cubic meters per day.
The facility, which aggregates gas from NAOC’s swamp wells in Bayelsa suffered a second attack within a few days on April 5 and went up in flames.
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Mr Idris Musa, Director-General and Chief Executive of National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency had said that investigations by the agency traced the two leak incidents to sabotage by vandals.
According to the statement issued by an Eni Spokesman, the firm shut in all gas wells that feed the line to douse pressure and pave way for repairs which was completed on April 8.
He said that a gas leak incident due to third-party interference occurred on 5th April along 24” Ogbainbiri to Obiafu/Obrikom Gas pipeline at Okaka in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
All wells, according to him, conferring in that pipeline was immediately shut in and the line depressurized while the area was cordoned off for safety.
