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LAGOS, May 26 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Bonga crude oil export
terminal has begun routine maintenance, its operator Shell
RDSa.L told Reuters on Tuesday, adding it aimed to have the
work done in "record time".
The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company
(SNEPCo) said in an email that maintenance on the Bonga floating
production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) began on May 21.
"The scope includes statutory recertification and critical
asset integrity activities and will run until July during which
there will be a few days of total shutdown," SNEPCo said.
SNEPCo said it was working to complete the maintenance
"safely and in record time" after a source at the port earlier
told Reuters that the FPSO would be closed for two weeks.
Bonga was scheduled to load four cargoes in June, or 127,000
barrels per day (bpd), up slightly from May at 123,000 bpd.