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Oil thefts threaten Nigeria's economy, environment

2013-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The first drops of crude float in the languid muddy currents of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, then slowly grow into the splatter of a massive crime scene. Oil thefts, long a problem in the Niger Delta, are growing at an ever-faster rate despite government officials and international companies offering increasingly dire warnings about the effect on Nigeria's crude production. Some 200,000 barrels a day - representing about 10 percent of Nigeria's production - are siphoned off pipelines crisscrossing...

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