ABUJA, June 12 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell saidon Thursday it had declared force majeure at its EA field inNigeria to repair equipment damaged by bad weather off shore,putting on hold production of about 40,000 barrels of oil a day.
Repairs were needed to the soft yoke mooring platform, itsaid in a statement. The EA field is located south west of Warriin water depths of around 25 metres. (Reporting by Andrew Heavens; editing by David Dolan)