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AITEO vs Shell: Court Refuses To Unfreeze SPDC s Bank Accounts – Channels Television

  A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has refused to discharge an interim order it granted, freezing the bank accounts of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and that of its subsidiaries. In her ruling on the case on Tuesday, Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo summoned the secretaries and chief financial officers of two banks who allegedly disobeyed the interim ex-parte order directing the freezing of the accounts. The affected banks and their officials are Citi Bank Ltd., its Company Secretary, Sola Fagbure, and Chief Financial Officer, Sharaf Mohammed, as well as United Bank For Africa (UBA) Plc, its Company Secretary, Bill Andrew Odum, and Chief Financial Officer, Ebenezer Kolawole.

Court Fixes March 9 To Rule On Order Freezing Shell s Bank Accounts – Channels Television

  A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed March 9 to rule on whether to discharge the interim ex-parte order it granted freezing the bank accounts of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in 20 commercial banks. On the same day, the court will also rule on whether it has the jurisdiction to even entertain the suit and another seeking to commit to prison the banks and its officials who were said to have disobeyed the interim ex-parte order. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo had granted the order at the instance of AITEO Eastern E&P Company Ltd. who is seeking to recover the cash value of “more than 16 million barrels of crude oil” allegedly diverted by Shell.

Crude production reconciliation creates rift in oil industry

Court blocks Shell’s bank accounts Reallocation of crude oil volume from Nigeria’s Bonny Terminal between 2016 and 2018, following gaps in metered volume between oil majors and some indigenous firms, is responsible for allegations of crude theft in the nation’s onshore operations. The calibration of a “2×12” Coriolis flowmeter installed by Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria (SPDC) at the inlet of the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) into Bonny Terminal for custody transfer measurement and allocation purposes raised gaps in crude volume reconciliation among operators. Findings from the Department of Petroleum Resources in 2018 had shown that the NCTL facility was installed by SPDC as a temporary arrangement, pending completion of the permanent LACT unit. With the commissioning of the permanent LACT in 2018, the Federal Government, through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), reallocated volumes to address shortfalls and technical allowable.

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