Constant pipeline breakages, uncertainties in security of assets amongst other issues in the Niger Delta oil fields have increased oil and gas companies' average shut down days from 45 to 160 days.
A former Director at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr. Osten Olorunsola, made this disclosure during a roundtable meeting on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) organised by the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC) and Media Initiative on Transparency in Extractive Industries (MITEI) yesterday in Abuja.
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