ELAND OIL RESUMES PRODUCTION ON NIGERIA’S OPUAMA FIELD

Eland Oil and Gas Plc, the oil and gas exploration and development company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, has resumed production on the Opuama field in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40, after a number of production interruptions, including a prolonged shutdown of the Forcados Export Terminal and pipeline ruptures due to corrosion and illegal bunkering.

The company had resumed production on the field in February 2014, exactly seven years after Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) undertook a controlled shut down of its oil and gas facilities, including OML 40, due to militant attacks on oil workers and infrastructure in the Niger Delta.

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