'Bayelsa Pipeline Explosion Kills 12 at Agip’s Oil Field', 11 Jul 2015: At least 12 persons have been reported killed in a pipeline explosion which occurred on an Agip oil field in…Bayelsa State. Three others were injured…The victims were said to [include members]…of the Bayelsa State Ministry of Environment, the Department of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), [and]…representative of the Azuzuama Community…NOSDRA and security officials on a Joint Investigation and Verification (JIV) exercise set up to probe an oil spillage on the Tebidaba/Azuzuama trunk line of the company…Eni [the parent company of NAOC] Spokesman Mr Filipo Cotalini…[said] “The causes of the incident are still under investigation by both Eni and the local authorities. “The company expresses its deepest condolences to the families [of those] involved in this tragic accident,”…