Shell has stopped loadings of Nigeria’s Forcados crude oil due to a potential leak at the export terminal.
A spokesperson for its local subsidiary, SPDC, disclosed this on Thursday.
Exports of the grade, which was scheduled to ship 220,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, were halted on Wednesday evening after workers saw fumes near the single buoy mooring that was loading oil onto a vessel, Reuters quoted sources to have said.
“The SPDC … can confirm that injections into the Forcados Oil Terminal were curtailed on Wednesday 12 July 2023, following the report of some sheen in the mooring vicinity,” the spokesperson said.
It added that SPDC is carrying out investigation.