TWIN EXPLOSIONS HIT OIL INSTALLATIONS BELONGING TO ITALIAN OIL COMPANY AGIP IN NIGERIA'S VOLATILE SOUTHEASTERN DELTA REGION, OFFICIALS SAID THURSDAY, ACCORDING TO AP. OFFICIALS SUSPECTED SABOTAGE IN THE EXPLOSIONS WEDNESDAY ALONG TWO PIPELINES IN BALEYSA STATE. ONE OF THE BLASTS BLEW APART AN 18-INCH OIL PIPELINE AT THE CLOUGH CREEK TEPIDAPA FLOW STATION, AND HEAVY SPILLAGE WAS REPORTED, SAID DIKIVIE EKIOGHA, AN OIL INDUSTRY ADVISER TO THE LOCAL STATE GOVERNOR. ANOTHER LOCAL OFFICIAL SAID A SECOND BLAST HIT A 10-INCH RIVERSIDE PIPELINE THE SAME DAY IN LAGOAGBENE. THERE WAS NO WORD ON WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACKS.
