Lagos — The fuel crisis which erupted nation-wide following the strike action embarked by labour organisations worsened yesterday as activities at both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) depots remained grounded.
It was also learnt that production and loading of crude oil for export from the export terminals have been disrupted, following a directive by Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to its members in the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the agency responsible for oil exports, to shut down both production and loading facilities by midnight Wednesday. A union official confirmed in a telephone chat last night that their members in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, a unit of Exxon Mobil Corp., as well as Royal Dutch Shell PLC have complied with the directive.
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