Nembe Creek Trunk Line

Nembe Creek Trunk Line
Location
CountryNigeria
StateNigeria
ProvinceRivers State, Niger Delta
General directionEast-West
FromBonny Export Terminal
Passes throughCawthorne Channel Field[1]
ToBonny Crude Oil Terminal (BCOT)
General information
Typeoil
OwnerAiteo Eastern Exploration & Production Company[2]
Former owner: Royal Dutch Shell plc
Construction started2006
Commissioned2010
Technical information
Length97 km (60 mi)
Maximum discharge600,000 barrels per day (95,000 m3/d)
Diameter48 in (1,219 mm)
No. of pumping stations14

Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) is a 97 kilometre, 150,000 barrels of oil per day pipeline constructed by Royal Dutch Shell plc and situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.[3] "The Trunk Line is one of Nigeria's major oil transportation arteries that evacuate crude from the Niger Delta to the Atlantic coast for export."[4] It is owned by Aiteo Group, which recently purchased it as part of the related facilities of the prolific oil bloc OML29 from Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC.[5] By March 2015, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), completed the assignment of its interest in OML29 and the Nembe Creek Trunk Line to Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited, a subsidiary of Aiteo Group. The other joint venture partners, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited also assigned their interests of 10% and 5% respectively in the lease, ultimately giving Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited a 45% interest in OML29 and the Nembe Creek Trunk Line.[6]

  1. ^ "OML 29". Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Shell completes sale of OML 29, Nembe Creek pipeline in Nigeria". Reuters.com. Thomson Reuters. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Nembe Creek Trunk Line". Oil Map NG. HexGEAR. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ "AITEO acquires Shell's OPL 29, Nembe Creek pipeline for $2.7 billion". Premium Times. Premium Times Services Limited. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ^ "AITEO acquires Shell's OPL 29, Nembe Creek pipeline for $2.7 billion". Premium Times. Premium Times Services Limited. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ^ "The Shell Petroleum Development Company completes sale of oil mining lease 29 and Nembe Creek Trunk Line in Nigeria". Euro Pétrole. Europétrole. Retrieved 23 February 2016.