"Transmission Losses:" West African pirates
Plugs and Cars
JANUARY 29, 2010
In the Niger Delta, the pirates in armed speedboats attack tankers and work with militants in the delta's swamplands who steal around 150,000 barrels a day from oil installations or pipelines, around 5 percent of Nigeria's daily production. By 2015 the region is expected to be supplying 25 percent of U.S. oil imports.
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