<article><p><i>Recasts with ExxonMobil statement </i></p><p class="lead">ExxonMobil said it has resumed "normal" operations at its oil terminals in Nigeria after successful negotiations to end industrial action by workers. </p><p>The strike, which began last week, prompted ExxonMobil to declare <a href="https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2440761">force majeure on crude shipments from four Nigerian export facilities</a>. <a href="https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2442737">The release of the June loading programmes</a> for the four affected grades — Qua Iboe, Erha, Yoho and Usan — was delayed as a result. Combined exports of the four grades are scheduled at just over 300,000 b/d in May.</p><p>Following a "tripartite meeting" between Nigeria's state-owned oil company NNPC, ExxonMobil and the country's Pengassan oil and gas workers' union, the latter has decided to call off the strike, NNPC said. </p><p>The industrial action followed a breakdown in the latest three-year periodic negotiations between ExxonMobil and its Nigerian staff. Workers' demands included a pay rise to keep pace with inflation, as well as improvements to working conditions. They were also protesting against management proposals to change the early retirement age and working rotas.</p><p>A pay adjustment has now been agreed, along with "a five-month timeline to review the proposals for a possible change in rota schedule for operations staff", NNPC said. </p><p>ExxonMobil said it appreciates "the efforts of all parties and stakeholders in resolving the impasse". </p><p class="bylines">By Giulio Bajona</p></article>
