据美联社5月11日尼日利亚报道,壳牌公司和一位工会领导人表示,由于再次受到武装分子袭击导致油田减产,本周三壳牌关闭了尼日利亚伯尼轻质原油出口终端,并将工人从受威胁的油田中疏散出来。
尼日利亚石油工会分区主席Ojobor Cogent说,由于军事威胁,周三开始,壳牌石油工人开始从Bonga海上油田撤离,但石油生产仍在继续。
壳牌发言人Precious Okolobo拒绝证实撤离的真实性,只透露该公司“正在尽一切可能来确保工作人员和承包商的安全”。
欧亚集团风险评估则在Bonny关闭前表示,尼日利亚的石油产量已经从220万桶/日下降至168万桶/日。
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原文如下:
Shell Nigeria Shuts Oil Terminal as Attacks Cut Production
? BY HILARY UGURU AND MICHELLE FAUL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — May 11, 2016, 8:18 PM ET
Shell closed the terminal exporting Nigeria's benchmark Bonny Light crude oil on Wednesday and was evacuating workers from a threatened oil field as renewed militant attacks cut production in Africa's biggest petroleum producer, the company and a union leader said.
Shell began evacuating workers Wednesday from its offshore Bonga oilfield following a militant threat, said Ojobor Cogent, zonal chairman of the NUPENG oil workers union. He said oil production was continuing there.
Shell spokesman Precious Okolobo refused to confirm the evacuation, saying only that the company is "taking all possible steps to ensure the safety of staff and contractors."
Nigeria's production was down to 1.68 million barrels a day from 2.2 million, Eurasia Group risk assessment said before Bonny's closure.