Total: Force Majeure After Hitch At Nigeria Amenam Field
July 16 2009 - 11:49AM
Dow Jones News
French oil major Total SA (TOT) declared a force majeure Monday
following a technical incident on Nigeria's Amenam oilfield, of
which Total is an operator, a company spokeswoman said
Thursday.
"There was a minor incident on a turbine compressor on July 11,"
the spokeswoman said, adding that the force majeure was declared
on, and took effect from, July 13.
Production has "partially restarted" on the site and the company
is evaluating the impact on production, the spokeswoman said.
-By Adam Mitchell, Dow Jones Newswires, +33 1 40171756;
adam.mitchell@dowjones.com