15 die in Shell pipeline blast

Lagos - A Shell crude oil pipeline has exploded in south-eastern Nigeria, killing 15 people and injuring several others, state…

Lagos - A Shell crude oil pipeline has exploded in south-eastern Nigeria, killing 15 people and injuring several others, state television reported.

A Shell spokesman said there were indications the Asa-Egbema trunk pipeline carrying crude from Shell's onshore fields in the southeast, had been tampered with. He said crude oil exports by Shell, Nigeria's largest producer, had not been affected.

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