Niger-Benin pipeline crisis: No resolution in sight

The meeting of the Benin-Niger inter-state committee has not resolves issues between the neighbours.

The countries partnered with the China National Petroleum Corp on an oil project which has yet to fully take off.

The pipeline, linking Koulele in Niger to the port of Seme in Benin will produce about 90,000 barrels per day.

Niger currently pumps around 20,000 bpd of oil, most of it from China National Petroleum Corp. projects in the Agadem Rift Basin in the country’s southeast.

After months of icy relations, the border remains closed on the Nigerien side.

Benin’s…