Nigeria's state-run oil company says that oil pipeline attacks have forced it to shut down three of its four refineries in the oil-rich West African nation
A spokesman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said in a statement Thursday that its refineries in the cities of Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna had been shut down because "pipelines have been severed."
The chief of the state-run oil company said in the statement that the rate of vandalism was "alarming."
He asked the army to provide more support to the oil company in order to protect its pipelines.
Militants in the restive region have attacked pipelines, kidnapped petroleum company employees and fought government troops since 2006.
A spokesman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said in a statement Thursday that its refineries in the cities of Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna had been shut down because "pipelines have been severed."
The chief of the state-run oil company said in the statement that the rate of vandalism was "alarming."
He asked the army to provide more support to the oil company in order to protect its pipelines.
Militants in the restive region have attacked pipelines, kidnapped petroleum company employees and fought government troops since 2006.
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