Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited has shut down its deepwater oil field in Bonga.
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, on Monday shut down production from Bonga.
According to a statement by SNEPCo, the decision was done to enable it commence turnaround maintenance that would guarantee optimum operations at the deep-water field, which began producing in November 2005.
The field was shut down on March 4, 2017, and is expected to resume at the conclusion of the exercise next month.
The Managing Director, SNEPCo, Mr. Bayo Ojulari, was quoted as saying, “The exercise will help ensure sustained production and reduced unscheduled production deferments. This is the fourth turnaround maintenance since Bonga began production.”
The Bonga FPSO has the capacity to produce 225,000 barrels of oil and 150 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, it said.