Nigeria set to lose 550,000 barrels of oil by ExxonMobil
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he demanded the immediate release and repatriation of over 20 expatriate personnel in the security department who had been engaged and kept in defiance of extant nigerian laws and security directives1 exxonmobil said a blockade by former employees threatens crude production at oil facilities in nigeria adding that disruptions to these operations have the potential to significantly impact revenues1 the protest which began on 17 july was over the sacking of 860 nigerian workers most of whom had worked with the company for over 22 years without regards for the rule of law1 mr rasak obe the chairman of exxonmobil branch of the petroleum and natural gas senior staff association of nigeria pengassan said the union was shocked by the mass sack of security personnel who had faithfully served the company for many years1 he said the management should immediately reinstate the employees of the security department and pay all entitlements due to them1 the union leader also urged the management to immediately reinstate the 16 employees purportedly sacked in dec. 2016 in a similar fashion1 the continued denial of access to lproduction facilities could impact the companys ability to safely continue production operations exxonmobil said1 according to him this was an unfortunate situation which the supreme court of nigeria had corrected with its april 20 2018 judgment1 this underscored the scale of error in companys assessment of the reality after the supreme court judgment1 there are tens more who by the judgment are active employees of mobil producing nigeria unlimited1 to say the least this wholesale sack unambiguously conveys managements disdain for the highest court of the country and mocks its ruling on the subject1 obe said the company was quick to indiscriminately sack nigerians and replace them with expatriates taking jobs nigerians have successfully performed over the decades1 he said expatriate security personnel many of whom were ex-service men were currently engaged in the security department against the directives of national petroleum investment management services napims and the nigerian defence ministry1