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Trans Niger Pipeline with Nigeria's Bonny Light crude shut down

Reuters - UK Focus

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Trans Niger Pipeline, which carries Bonny Light crude oil, has been shut down as a "precautionary measure" after a fire was observed, a spokesman for the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) said on Monday.

It was not yet clear whether the export supplies would be subject to force majeure, according to Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) .

The SPDC spokesman said that a fire was spotted on the "right of way" on the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) at Gio (Taiwan OTC: 3610.TWO - news) in Ogoni land, one of two pipelines that export Bonny Light crude oil. The line is also the right of way for a Bonny-refinery pipeline belonging to the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of state oil company NNPC.

"A joint investigation visit will determine the cause and impact of the fire," the spokesman said. (Reporting By Libby George in London, Tife Owolabi in Yenagoa and Anamesere Igboeroteonwu in Onitsha; Editing by Greg Mahlich)