Nigerian navy cracks down on illegal oil refineries
THE Nigerian navy said it has destroyed 260 illegal oil refineries and burned 100,000 tons of contraband fuel.
Critics claimed that the targeting of small-time criminals fails to confront the biggest culprits in oil thefts – the politically-connected criminal cartels who sell on the international market.
Similar missions in the past have failed to slow thefts valued at more than $20 million (£12m)a day on the world market. Shell Nigeria, the biggest operator in the West African nation, said it lost around $1 billion to oil thefts in 2013.
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