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Nigeria to resume crude oil refining in August, industry authorities say

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Workers try to tie a pipe at an oil refinery in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Sept. 16, 2015. [AFP]

Nigeria plans to resume local refining of crude oil in early August, national petroleum authorities announced Monday.

The resumption would end years of idleness at Nigeria's state-owned refineries, and analysts say that if successfully implemented, it would lower fuel prices.

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