AN OIL pipeline run by a subsidiary of Italian oil firm Eni SpA has ruptured and caught fire in Nigeria.
The fire happened on Saturday night after an attack near Brass River in Bayelsa state. Witnesses said they heard the blast from their homes.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta claimed responsibility in an e-mail. The group, once powerful, has seen its influence wane with the arrest of alleged leader Henry Okah in South Africa.