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Home > Nigeria: Villagers block access to ruptured oil pipe in delta, says Shell

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 - 02:00
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Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
186 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Angry residents of a southern Nigerian village where a Royal Dutch/Shell oil pipeline burst, have set the spilled crude on fire, preventing repair teams from reaching the site, the company said. Shell said it first noticed leaks in its 18-inch diameter pipeline at Egbeda village in Rivers State last weekend. The pipeline is part of a key network that transports crude oil from the inland oilfields of the Niger Delta to the terminals on the coast for export.

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Land & Environment [4]
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Nigeria [6]

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