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The Soku-Abua-Rumuji gas pipeline caught fire overnight in Nigeria’s Rivers State, the third incident in a week at facilities in an oil-rich region that’s under emergency rule.
There was a “fire outbreak in one of the gas pipelines along right-of-way,” in Rivers State, Witness Alasia, general secretary on behalf of the Soku Kingdom, said in a statement Sunday.
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday imposed a state of emergency in the area following a couple of attacks on oil pipelines that briefly halted operations on a critical line.
Elected officials, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu as well as local legislators are currently suspended, with a retired military officer in charge as the sole administrator.
The Soku gas facility is critical to gas feedstocks that supply liquefied natural gas plants in the Bonny area of Rivers State.
Until recently, it was operated by Shell Plc, which sold certain onshore assets in the region to Renaissance Africa Energy.
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