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We Have Resumed Operations at Trans Niger Pipeline in Rivers after Integrity Test
The Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Bodo Community, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State belonging to Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings has resumed operations following a successful integrity test after a fire incident on Monday night.
A top official of the Company confirmed the good news to Business Hilights on Wednesday, revealing that after integrity test, the system passed the test as there wasn’t any form of blast but mere fire in the facility.
The official averred that “The pipeline is back in operation. First of all, we had no blasts or explosions in our facilities. We had an unauthorised entry from the operations. Then we sent a team there. The team saw that the site had been accessed.
“We got a call, and a team went out and saw that there were attempts at excavation and arson. But of course, the fire had burnt out. They did an inspection, and there was an adjacent pipeline. They tested that and it passed the integrity test. I think the operations went through that adjacent pipeline. Operations are ongoing as we speak,” the spokesman said, pleading anonymity due the nature of the matter.
It would be recallsedthat the TNP transports 450,000 barrels of crude oil per day to the Bonny Export Terminal, using a pipeline network.
Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings just completed the landmark transaction between itself and Shell to acquire the entire equity holding in the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.
Reports of an explosion on the pipeline were one of the reasons why President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State.
