Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production, operators of the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) says normal operations has resumed on the line after it plugged of a leak that ignited a fire.
The fire led to the shutdown of the 97 km facility on Feb. 28.
Spokesperson for the company, Mr Masade Odianosen, said the facility “is up and running’’.
The development has allayed fears of a major disruption of oil export on the export pipeline that evacuates up to 150,000 barrels of crude daily to the Bonny Oil Export Terminal.
Mr. Odianosen said that the NCTL was restarted while the joint investigation of the March 1 explosion from Oil Well No.7 within Nembe Creek oilfields, a totally unrelated incident to the NCTL was in progress.
He explained that the NCTL was not in operation when the explosion from an oil well within the OML 29 oil block occurred.
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) had said on Friday that it had commenced investigations into the explosion located within OML 29 operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration.
The blast ignited a fire which Aiteo officials said was put off on March 2, had already discharged crude oil and gas into the environment with no loss of lives recorded.
The volume of crude oil and gas discharged into the surrounding environment arising from the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
