ABUJA, March 4 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell may beforced to shut down "completely" the Nembe Creek pipeline inNigeria due to persistent oil theft, the company's local unitsaid on Monday.
Previous outages on that pipeline have deferred around150,000 barrels per day (bpd) of production from Africa'slargest producer, Shell said in a statement.
"The situation in the last few weeks is unprecedented. Thevolume being stolen is the highest in the last three years; over60,000 bpd from Shell alone," Managing Director of Shell NigeriaMutiu Sunmonu said.