Nigerian firm Aiteo Oil Exploration and Production Company , has discovered that sabotage was the cause of the fire that caused Nigeria’s oil production to fall 8% per day, creating a force majeure. All six saboteurs, The Joint Military Task Force said on Wednesday, had been killed in the blaze . The Nembe Creek Trunk Line, with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day, was shuttered following the fire that has now been linked back. The pipeline carries oil from the eastern Niger Delta to the Bonny Export Terminal. This is the second shutdown of the pipeline in as many months, after an explosion from a well head in Nembe Creek resulted in a separate fire. Aiteo said it had repaired the breach, but did not disclose whether the oil was flowing again at normal rates. Despite the force majeure which remains in effect, preliminary loading programs showed on […]