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The 60-mile Nembe Creek pipe collects crude from 14 oil pumping stations and is part of a programme to replace old pipelines in the Niger River delta.
The Anglo-Dutch company said the pipeline was part of an ongoing programme to keep its facilities well-maintained in the Niger Delta, one of the world's largest wetlands, where land and water have been polluted.
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Oil pipelines in the area have been the subject of frequent attacks by saboteurs and protesters.
"It is important to understand that projects such as these will have only a limited impact on oil spills until the widespread oil theft, sabotage and vandalism activities are stopped," Mutiu Sunmonu, managing director of Shell's Nigerian operations, said.
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Skate champions set for dream wedding on ice
The wedding, scheduled to take place at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium, has been an affair three years in the making. Zhao proposed to Shen after a gold medal-winning performance at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships.
Zhao and Shen have been skating together since 1992, and fell in love between practices and competitions around the world. After a short retirement, the pair returned to the ice to win gold in Vancouver in February, breaking nearly half a century of dominance by Russian and Soviet pairs.
Zhao and Shen, both born and raised in China's northeast city of Harbin, were legally married in China in 2007, but most Chinese do not consider a couple formally married until after a festive celebration with family and friends.
"We have been waiting a long time for this," Zhao said. "After the Olympics, we had some time to choose a place and we are so happy the time has finally come."
It won't be just any ordinary friends in attendance on Saturday evening. Taking part in the couple's wedding will be some of the world's best skating stars who have flown into Beijing to perform as their gift to the couple. 2006 Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko of Russia will skate to "Sex Bomb" while Japan's 2010 Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada will perform a tango-inspired program.
The men's 2002 Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin of Russia and two-time World Champion Stephane Lambiel of Canada will also hit the ice with Zhao and Shen.
The newlyweds will conclude their wedding festivities with the classic "Turandot."
Perhaps the only program that might outshine Zhao and Shen will be American Johnny Weir's performance to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," which is slated to immediately follow the wedding vows.
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