LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Nigerian oil workers will go onstrike to halt a small field if the government does not meetwith them by the end of the week, a spokesman for Nigeria's mainoil workers' union told Reuters on Tuesday.
The NPDC workers, who are represented by Pengassan andNupeng, the blue collar union, are against the transfer of theoperatorship of OML 42 from Shell to Neconde EnergyLtd. It was divested in 2013.
Emmanuel Ojugbana, the spokesman for white-collar oil unionPengassan, said the "shut down has not been done yet," but thatthey would take action if the government does not meet with themby the end of the week.
"There is a plan for that if the government does notintervene and start discussions," Ojugbana said.
Ojugbana added that if the workers do decide to strike, theywill close OML 42, which produces around 10,000 barrels of oilequivalent per day. (Reporting by Julia Payne; Writing by Libby George; Editing byAhmed Aboulenein)