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Nigerian Youths Blow Up Oil Pipeline

Chevron output diminished by 120K barrels per day

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 22, 2008 3:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – A youth gang blew up a Chevron pipeline in Nigeria yesterday, reducing output from the world's eighth-largest oil producer by 120,000 barrels a day. Such attacks are common in Nigeria, Reuters reports: Sparked by poverty and hatred of foreign companies, militants have cut oil... Read full story »

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