Post by
Bart2 on May 12, 2013 7:13pm
Question for board....
It looks like pipeline disruptions will continue until Shell line is ready. Why would Mart not get set up to truck the oil to market during shut downs . They could still have atleast a Iimited cash flow. think it is only 50 km. or so. Hoping that someone in the know can enlighten me.
Comment by
bobby1231 on May 12, 2013 7:18pm
This has been discussed several times here and has been brought up with Wade. It will not happen.
Comment by
Bart2 on May 13, 2013 4:22pm
Why will it not happen?? Makes too much sense? Hard for them to bunker from a moving truck!!
Comment by
Darilon on May 13, 2013 4:36pm
You can only load a couple hundred barrels in a tanker truck, so it'a a lot of loads per day. Add in environmental regulations (if any in Nigeria??), hijacking risk (the truck equivalent of bunkering) and any factors I haven't accounted for. To be honest, I think it's a good idea and the costs would be fairly minimal compared to the cost of bunkering.
Comment by
Trinity220 on May 13, 2013 11:39pm
Another major issue are the roads. I live in west Texas and you would not believe what heavy truck traffic does to roads and I seriously doubt roads in Nigeria would be built to the same standards as our interstates. If trucks where the answer don't you think Mart and many other companies (Shell) would currently be transporting this way. DM