Nigeria’s Illegal Oil Refineries
▻http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/01/nigerias-illegal-oil-refineries/100439
Reuters photographer Akintunde Akinleye recently gained rare access to an illegal oil refinery near the river Nun in Nigeria’s oil state of Bayelsa. There, he was able to document the secret and dangerous practice of oil bunkering, where locals hack into oil pipelines, steal the crude oil, and refine or sell it abroad.
A worker pours crude oil into a locally made burner using a funnel at an illegal oil refinery in Bayelsa State, on November 25, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye)