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Eni: Fire at Agip Facility in Nigeria Halts 20,000 bpd Production

Posted by June 29, 2015

A fire at two crude oil storage tanks at Agip's Ebocha plant in Nigeria's Rivers state has shut down production of about 20,000 barrels per day, a spokesman for Eni said on Monday.

He said the fire started on Sunday evening and firefighters were still trying to contain the blaze. "The impact on production net to ENI is approximately 20,000 bopd," he said in an email.

(Reporting by Alexis Akwagyiram)

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