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Pipeline Outage Adds to Nigerian Oil Disruptions

 

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BY SARAH KENT and MIRIAM MALEK:Updated May 11, 2016 

LONDON— Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Wednesday said its exports of Nigerian crude oil had been significantly disrupted, adding to a slew of stoppages that have knocked out around 500,000 barrels a day of oil output in the West African country.

It is the latest hit to oil exports across the world, leading to mounting concerns about the global crude supply. A series of output interruptions from Canada to Libya have illustrated how quickly the global glut of oil could be cleared out after nearly two years of weighing on prices.

Canadian outages caused by rampant wildfires, supply disruptions caused by political disagreements in Libya and the Nigerian stoppages now add up to 3.5 million barrels of offline oil a day…

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