Three weeks after a section of the critical Nigerian pipeline Escravos–Lagos was damaged by an explosion, Nigeria’s state oil and gas company NNPC Limited said that service had been restored after a damaged pipe had been repaired. In early December, an explosion occurred at the key onshore natural gas Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System in Warri, Delta State. The explosion disrupted operations at the link shipping gas to industrial users and gas-fired power plants, NNPC said at the time. The Escravos–Lagos gas pipeline…