Crude exports of Nigeria’s key crude Qua Iboe are set to resume for the first time in almost six weeks after a fire at the terminal halted production and loadings, shipping and trading sources said Jan. 22. Later in the day, a spokesman at ExxonMobil confirmed it had lifted force majeure on Qua Iboe crude loadings. Qua Iboe production started to ramp up to normal levels of 200,000 b/d in the past week, according to sources, with the release of both the February and March loading programs. The VLCC Dalia was also in the process of loading a 1-million-barrel stem at the Qua terminal since Jan. 21, according to data intelligence firm Kpler. This will be the first export of Qua […]