ExxonMobil to try alternate pipeline to export Nigeria's Qua Iboe crude

Reuters

Published Aug 11, 2016 12:16

ExxonMobil to try alternate pipeline to export Nigeria's Qua Iboe crude

LONDON (Reuters) - ExxonMobil (N:XOM) is working on a plan to export Qua Iboe crude oil via an alternate pipeline while it works to repair damage to the main export line sustained in July, sources told Reuters.

The crude oil grade, Nigeria's largest export stream, has been under force majeure since mid-July, when the company said it detected a "system anomaly" on the line.

Sources said the company later found substantial damage to the subsea line that would take at least one to two months to repair.