{"id":51122,"date":"2016-07-12T14:29:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51122"},"modified":"2016-07-12T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:29:23","slug":"avengers-bomb-exxon-mobil-pipeline-chevron-evacuates-staff-shell-shuts-trans-niger-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/avengers-bomb-exxon-mobil-pipeline-chevron-evacuates-staff-shell-shuts-trans-niger-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Avengers Bomb Exxon Mobil Pipeline, Chevron Evacuates Staff, Shell Shuts Trans-Niger Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the umpteenth time, militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_452970621\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nnight, bombed a crude oil export pipeline belonging to American oil<br \/>\ncompany, Exxon Mobil. The bombing came as other oil companies, Shell and<br \/>\nChevron, evacuated over 700 staff made up of expatriates and local oil<br \/>\nworkers in Bayelsa State as attacks on oil platforms are intensified.<\/p>\n<p>The export of 180,000 barrels of oil per day by Shell was also halted as<br \/>\nit shut its Trans-Niger Pipeline following attacks by militants.<\/p>\n<p>The group, in a statement on its website, said it blew up the pipeline<br \/>\nfollowing the refusal of Exxon Mobil\u00a0 to heed its warning to cease<br \/>\nexportation of oil from the Niger Delta until its demands on the Federal<br \/>\nGovernment are met.<\/p>\n<p>The statement signed by its spokesman, Brig-Gen Mudock Agbinibo, said the<br \/>\ngroup shredded the\u00a0 Qua Iboe 48th Crude Oil pipeline at about <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_452970622\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:30 pm<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_452970623\"><span class=\"aQJ\">monday<\/span><\/span> night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At about <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_452970624\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:30pm<\/span><\/span> the Niger Delta Avengers blow up Exxon\u00a0 Qua Iboe 48&#8243;<br \/>\ncrude oil export pipeline. When will these International Oil companies<br \/>\n(IOC) learn to listen? We (Niger Delta Avengers) said no export&#8221;, the<br \/>\nstatement read.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown of the Trans-Niger pipeline is expected to affect power<br \/>\ngeneration as the facility is linked to domestic power supply through gas<br \/>\nsupply to Afam VI Power Plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSPDC shut down the Trans Niger Pipeline today, July 11, 2016, following a<br \/>\nleak at Gio in Ogoniland.\u00a0 We are working towards a joint investigation<br \/>\nvisit into the cause of the leak, preparatory to repair of the line,\u201d the<br \/>\ncompany said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the International Oil Companies (IOCs) have predicated the<br \/>\nevacuation of staff from the Niger Delta region on the danger posed to<br \/>\ntheir lives by the activities of militants in addition to requests by the<br \/>\nconcerned staff to be posted out of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual companies have made the expatriates the number one<br \/>\npriority in the evacuation of staff from the troubled region based on the<br \/>\nbelief that they are endangered species, but some expatriates went further<br \/>\nwith requests to be posted out of the country pending when the new Niger<br \/>\nDelta question is answered&#8221;, an industry source said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the umpteenth time, militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, Monday night, bombed a crude oil export pipeline belonging to American oil company, Exxon Mobil. 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