Shell’s Nigerian unit declared a force majeure on Bonny Light crude oil exports effective 12:00 local time on Thursday, just two weeks after it had lifted a previous force majeure on exports of the grade. According to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, as quoted by Reuters, the force majeure was declared after Aiteo, the operator of the Nembe Creek Trunk Line—one of two pipelines that export the Bonny Light grade—shut down the line. On June 30, a Shell spokesman told Platts that the company had lifted a force majeure on Bonny Light exports on June 28. That force majeure was declared on June 8 after the other export pipeline, Trans Niger Pipeline, was shut down following a sabotage attack by oil thieves. The grade was exported, but cargoes were delayed by around 10 days. Exports of Bonny Light in June were planned at 203,000 bpd . The […]