Nigeria: Pipeline explosion

Some 13 oil workers were killed and two were injured on 9 July during the inspection and repair of a crude theft point on the Tebidaba-Clough Creek Line in the Niger Delta. The pipeline is owned and operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) joint venture. A fire away from the repair point ignited spilled hydrocarbons, and Eni said the fire appeared to have been triggered by people illegally obtaining crude from the pipeline.