Over 50 missing after Nembe Trunk oil pipeline blast – AP

(Reuters) – More than 50 people are missing after a leak from the Nembe Creek Trunk Line oil pipeline caused an explosion on Friday in Bayelsa state in southern Nigeria, the Associated Press reported.

Nembe Creek is one of two main pipelines that carry Bonny Light oil to an export terminal.

Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; editing by Jason Neely
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