Operations have resumed at the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo community, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State belonging to Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings, after a fire incident on Monday night.
Operations resumed after an integrity test was carried out on the pipeline and it passed, adding that there was no blast on the facility.
“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.
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 was one of the reasons relied on for the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers state by President Bola Tinubu.
The police had, on Tuesday, confirmed the fire incident.
