Pipeline Explosion Hits Nigeria’s Oil Production and Exports

The Trans-Niger Pipeline, one of Nigeria’s biggest pipelines carrying crude from the Niger Delta to the Bonny terminal, was rocked by a powerful explosion on Monday night, just as OPEC’s top African producer had started to raise oil production and exports. The explosion at Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, caused a massive fire at the section of the pipeline in the area, Nigerian media report. As of early Tuesday local time, the authorities haven’t announced what caused the explosion—vandalism, theft, or…