LONDON/LAGOS, April 13 (Reuters) - Repair work on thepipeline feeding Nigeria's Forcados crude oil to the exportterminal is expected to take until June, sources familiar withthe matter said on Wednesday.
The grade, which was scheduled to export some 249,000barrels per day of oil in February and March, has been underforce majeure since Feb. 21, a week after a pipeline leak forceda halt to loadings to the export platform.
No export programmes were issued for April or May. Shell, whose local affiliate SPDC operates the pipeline, saidit could not comment on the timeline of repair work.
Local producers had to shut Forcados crude output as aresult of the pipeline closure, and sources said it is likely totake some time once the pipeline is repaired to resume oilproduction and exports. (Reporting by Libby George and Simon Falush in London andAlexis Akwagyiram in Lagos; Editing by Mark Potter)