Vandals responsible for Buguma Wellhead fire, NNPC says

A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reported that the fire incident at its Buguma Wellhead 008, operated by its subsidiary, NNPC Eighteen Operating Ltd (NEOL), was directly caused by the activities of pipeline vandals attempting to steal crude oil. Olufemi Soneye, the chi

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