The Trans Niger Pipeline, a critical infrastructure in the crude oil export, which has been closed for over six months is set to be reopened by the federal government. This was disclosed by group general manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, (NAPIMS), Bala Wunti, on his official tweeter handle. He said the NAPIMS leadership delegation under the general manager of Joint Venture operations, Engr Zakariya Budawara, had spent the last one week with the Bodo community in Gokana LGA of Rivers state where the pipeline is situated and runs through. According to Wunti, the ” visit is part of NAPIMS efforts towards re-opening the nation’s major liquid hydrocarbon delivery atrium – the Trans Niger Pipeline, a critical infrastructure in the crude oil export, which has been under force majeure for over 6 months.”
The Trans Niger Pipeline is critical to Nigeria’s crude export as it carries Nigeria’s crude oil, Bonny Light, to an export terminal. The pipeline, according to Shell, transports around 180,000 barrels per day of crude oil to the Bonny6 Export Terminal and is part of the gas liquids evacuation infrastructure, critical for continued domestic power generation and liquefied gas exports. The pipeline was shut down by Shell because of vandalisation and oil theft. It has been moribund ever since because no crude has flown through it. “This visit is part of our continuous journey to re-strengthen our trust with one of the communities where NAPIMS and its partners are conducting business.
