Explosion was reported on Monday to have rocked a gas pipeline operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Ikarama community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa, Southsouth Nigeria. Spokesman for SPDC, Bamidele Odugbesan, who confirmed the explosion, stated that the pipeline has been shut-in while a government-led joint probe will determine the cause and impact of the incident. “We have a report of an interference with our gas pipeline about 1 kilometre from Ikarama Community in Bayelsa State. We have since shut-in…
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