Chad: anomalous incident at Glencore’s Mangara oil field
- August 29, 2018
- - 2:20 pm
Summary A truck carrying crude oil caught fire and exploded at Glencore’s Mangara oil field in Chad. The incident is anomalous, and given the Chadian regime’s heightened security, political and economic stress, it bears monitoring. Analysis Glencore stated August 28 a truck used to transport crude oil at the company’s Mangara oil field in Chad caught fire and exploded, injuring three employees and shuttering the field. Investigators and local authorities are determining the cause of the incident that occurred on August 26. The Mangara field and its adjacent Badila operation in Chad produce for Glencore roughly two and a half …
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