The nation’s oil output dropped after a major oil field was forced to shut down due to oil spill. The Nembe Creek oil field, which produces roughly 150,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), was shut down on June 17. The leak occurred on the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL), a pipeline that transports oil from the field to the Bonny Oil Export Terminal. Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company, the operator of the pipeline, confirmed the leak and the subsequent shutdown. Aiteo Eastern E&P reported that the leak was discovered during routine operations in the Nembe area of
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