Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LAGOS1029
2006-07-26 16:37:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
COMMUNITY YOUTHS OCCUPY BAYELSA AGIP FACILITY;
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 001029
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS DOE FOR DAS JBRODMAN AND CGAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS AND SRENENDER
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR MARAD
STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ
STATE FOR DS/IP/AF, AF/EX, DS/IP/OPO, DS/ICI/PII, DS/DSS/ITA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2016
TAGS: EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY YOUTHS OCCUPY BAYELSA AGIP FACILITY;
NIGERIA DOWN ANOTHER 200,000-PLUS BARRELS
Classified By: Consul General Brian L. Browne for Reason 1.4 (D and E).
C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 001029
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS DOE FOR DAS JBRODMAN AND CGAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS AND SRENENDER
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR MARAD
STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ
STATE FOR DS/IP/AF, AF/EX, DS/IP/OPO, DS/ICI/PII, DS/DSS/ITA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2016
TAGS: EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY YOUTHS OCCUPY BAYELSA AGIP FACILITY;
NIGERIA DOWN ANOTHER 200,000-PLUS BARRELS
Classified By: Consul General Brian L. Browne for Reason 1.4 (D and E).
1. (C) The Deputy Managing Director (MD) for AGIP,
subsidiary of Italian oil major ENI, confirmed that
unidentified youths occupied an AGIP flow station at
Ogbainbiri, Bayelsa State on July 25. The remote station is
accessible by a 45-minute helicopter flight west from AGIP's
main export terminal at Brass. The Deputy MD stated about 40
AGIP Nigerian staff are being held by the youths on site.
U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips, an equity partner with AGIP,
has no personnel at the station. AGIP has lost communication
with the station, and is not able to provide current
information on the welfare of the staff. There were no
reported casualties. Bayelsa State officials claim the
occupation stemmed from a dispute between AGIP and the local
community. The state officials are in contact with the
youths to determine their grievances. AGIP told us Bayelsa
negotiators are expected to meet with the youths later today.
News sources report a recent email from the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),threatening oil
facilities in the eastern Niger Delta; however, both AGIP and
Bayelsa State officials indicated they do not believe MEND is
involved in this incident.
2. (C) The AGIP Deputy MD confirmed the loss of
approximately 35,000 barrels/day as a result of the closure
of the flow station. The flow station exports oil via AGIP's
Brass Export Terminal, which has a capacity of 200,000 bpd.
A Control Risks consultant provided an unconfirmed report
that five Naval personnel and an unspecified number of
soldiers were kidnapped today at this export facility.
3. (C) In an unrelated incident, a Shell production
official confirmed the loss of approximately 180,000 bpd
production on July 25 due to a pipeline rupture in the Nembe
Creek trunk line near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The
official told us local youths have not permitted Shell access
to the area. Thus, Shell cannot determine if the damage was
due to sabotage or an accident.
4. (SBU) Nigeria's production losses over the last two
days, combined with the approximately 500,000 bpd in Shell
production lost since February, now total over 700,000 bpd,
or roughly one-third of Nigeria's OPEC quota.
BROWNE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS DOE FOR DAS JBRODMAN AND CGAY
TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS AND SRENENDER
COMMERCE FOR KBURRESS
STATE PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR MARAD
STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ
STATE FOR DS/IP/AF, AF/EX, DS/IP/OPO, DS/ICI/PII, DS/DSS/ITA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2016
TAGS: EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY YOUTHS OCCUPY BAYELSA AGIP FACILITY;
NIGERIA DOWN ANOTHER 200,000-PLUS BARRELS
Classified By: Consul General Brian L. Browne for Reason 1.4 (D and E).
1. (C) The Deputy Managing Director (MD) for AGIP,
subsidiary of Italian oil major ENI, confirmed that
unidentified youths occupied an AGIP flow station at
Ogbainbiri, Bayelsa State on July 25. The remote station is
accessible by a 45-minute helicopter flight west from AGIP's
main export terminal at Brass. The Deputy MD stated about 40
AGIP Nigerian staff are being held by the youths on site.
U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips, an equity partner with AGIP,
has no personnel at the station. AGIP has lost communication
with the station, and is not able to provide current
information on the welfare of the staff. There were no
reported casualties. Bayelsa State officials claim the
occupation stemmed from a dispute between AGIP and the local
community. The state officials are in contact with the
youths to determine their grievances. AGIP told us Bayelsa
negotiators are expected to meet with the youths later today.
News sources report a recent email from the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),threatening oil
facilities in the eastern Niger Delta; however, both AGIP and
Bayelsa State officials indicated they do not believe MEND is
involved in this incident.
2. (C) The AGIP Deputy MD confirmed the loss of
approximately 35,000 barrels/day as a result of the closure
of the flow station. The flow station exports oil via AGIP's
Brass Export Terminal, which has a capacity of 200,000 bpd.
A Control Risks consultant provided an unconfirmed report
that five Naval personnel and an unspecified number of
soldiers were kidnapped today at this export facility.
3. (C) In an unrelated incident, a Shell production
official confirmed the loss of approximately 180,000 bpd
production on July 25 due to a pipeline rupture in the Nembe
Creek trunk line near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The
official told us local youths have not permitted Shell access
to the area. Thus, Shell cannot determine if the damage was
due to sabotage or an accident.
4. (SBU) Nigeria's production losses over the last two
days, combined with the approximately 500,000 bpd in Shell
production lost since February, now total over 700,000 bpd,
or roughly one-third of Nigeria's OPEC quota.
BROWNE