Niger on verge of first oil exports with 110,000 b/d Benin pipeline completed: sources

The landmark 110,000 b/d Niger-Benin pipeline, which will quintuple Niger’s crude production and make it a significant exporter, has been completed and could see its first cargo lifted as early as April, sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights. The relaxation of sanctions on junta-led Niger by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in February, seven months after a… The landmark 110,000 b/d Niger-Benin pipeline, which will quintuple Niger’s crude production and make it a significant exporter, has been completed and could see its first cargo lifted as early as April, sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights. The relaxation of sanctions on junta-led Niger by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in February, seven months after a… Read More