FACTBOX-Nigeria's oil production outages

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria has more than 800,000 barrels per
day of crude oil shut in mainly due to sabotage attacks on oil
facilities, according to oil companies and industry sources.

* The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
(MEND) has been waging an armed campaign against the government
with a series of pipeline bombings, attacks on oil and gas
installations and the kidnapping of industry workers. MEND says
it wants the Delta's resources used to benefit local people.

* A 60-day amnesty period for gunmen in Nigeria's
oil-producing Niger Delta began on August 6 but key militant
factions were divided over whether to take part and critics said
it is only a short-term solution. [ID:nTAT653595]

* More than 25 percent of the West African country's
installed output capacity of around 3 million bpd has been put
out of action.

* Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) declared force majeure on its
Forcados oil shipments on March 7 after explosions on a
pipeline. This has been extended a number of times and now
includes July exports.

Force majeures legally protect oil companies if they are
unable to meet contractual deliveries to clients due to actions
beyond the company's control.

* Shell's force majeure on Bonny Light BON-BFO exports
remains in place due to the impact of previous attacks. The
company has extended force majeures into July.

* Shell said on July 21 it had resumed oil output at its
115,000 bpd EA oilfield, which was shut for three years. Traders
estimated output in August would be around 60,000 bpd, but there
were no cargoes due to load in September.

* Total SA (TOTF.PA) has declared force majeure on cargoes
of Nigerian Amenam crude oil loading from the middle of July due
to technical problems, it said on July 16. Traders said
production was down by around 50,000 bpd.

* Italy's biggest oil and gas company, Eni (ENI.MI), lifted
its force majeure on Brass River oil exports on July 22, which
was declared after rebels sabotaged oil pipelines there earlier
that month. Traders said the oil stream was not yet up to
maximum output.

* U.S. energy company Chevron (CVX.N) said on May 25 it shut
in approximately 100,000 bpd of oil production from its swamp
operations in Delta state following a strike by militants.

MEND said it was responsible for at least three separate
attacks on Chevron oil and gas facilities in June, but the
military denied some of the attacks occurred and blamed outages
on accidents and other issues.

Around 150,000 bpd of exports from the Escravos stream
operated by Chevron were delayed to September from August.

* Addax Petroleum Corp AXC.TO declared force majeure on
July 17 on its Antan crude exports due to production problems,
trade sources said. There was nothing to indicate any militant
involvement and there were no details of the impact on output.

* The following table provides a breakdown of production
cuts in bpd as provided by oil companies and industry sources.

* All affected projects are joint ventures between the
state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) and foreign
oil majors.

Field Operator Output Outage Latest Shut In
Bonny Light Shell 300,000 Mar 2009
Brass River Eni 30,000 Jun 2009
EA Shell 55,000 Jly 2006
Escravos Chevron 100,000 May 2009
Forcados Shell 280,000 Jly 2009
Amenam* Total 50,000 Jly 2009
Total - 815,000 -
* Amenam production outage caused by technical problems not
militant sabotage.
(Reporting by Joe Brock; Editing by Peter Blackburn)