{"id":7890,"date":"2016-02-23T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7890"},"modified":"2016-02-23T19:18:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T19:18:28","slug":"shell-confirmed-forcados-export-terminal-was-blown-up-militants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7890","title":{"rendered":"Shell Confirmed Forcados Export Terminal was Blown-Up Militants."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaymu.com.ng\/fashion\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=156aa294&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=156aa294\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/156aa294.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=156aa294\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has declared force majeure on Forcados liftings effective.<br \/>\nAccording to a statement signed by spokesperson of Shell, Bamidele Odugbesan, the development followed the disruption in production caused by the spill on the Forcados Terminal subsea crude export pipeline.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/shell.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6895\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/shell-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"shell\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/shell-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/shell.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Generators.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7888\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Generators-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Generators\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>The statement said: \u201cSPDC is intensifying efforts on containment and oil recovery from the February 14, 2016 spill, while also finalising repair plans.\u201d<br \/>\nIt will be recalled that a militant group sympathetic to the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, which called itself Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) had blew up the Forcados export terminal as part of the pressure to get the federal government to release Mr Kanu.<br \/>\nThe group claimed that the had sympathisers from the North, East and Western parts of the Nigeria.<br \/>\nMr Kanu is facing charge of Treason before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, slammed on him by the Directorate of Secret Service (DSS) on account of alleged activities of his group which calls for the secession of the old eastern part of Nigeria.<br \/>\nHis arrest and detention had sparked weeks of streets by his supporters mainly of Igbo speaking extraction in places made up of old eastern state.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.may30.org\/<\/p>\n<p><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.24139&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.24139&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Mobi,B:Huaw,Wk:0616,Dim:300X250]:Huawei\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has declared force majeure on Forcados liftings effective. According to a statement signed by spokesperson of Shell, Bamidele Odugbesan, the development followed the disruption in production caused by the spill on the Forcados Terminal subsea crude export pipeline. 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