Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of stowing the bunkers with coal; the operation of filling the coal-bunkers.
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- verb Present participle of
bunker . - noun nautical The taking onboard of
bunker fuel - noun The illicit removal of
oil from a pipeline or other distribution system
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Examples
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The chemical engineer's career shift underscores the increasing scope and ingenuity of petroleum theft -- known locally as "bunkering" -- that can have far-reaching consequences for global energy supplies.
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Each day, dozens of ships make the same tricky maneuver, known as "bunkering."
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The company claims that it was sabotaged by youths stealing oil to process in rudimentary home-made refineries - a process called bunkering.
The Guardian World News John Vidal 2011
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Each day, dozens of ships make the same tricky maneuver, known as "bunkering."
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There were almost 90 incidents of crude oil theft, locally known as bunkering, from SPDC facilities last year, during which incidents of "malicious damage" and pipeline theft increased by 48 percent, it also said.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2009
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There were almost 90 incidents of crude oil theft, locally known as bunkering, from SPDC facilities last year, during which incidents of "malicious damage" and pipeline theft increased by 48 percent, it also said.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2009
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There were almost 90 incidents of crude oil theft, locally known as bunkering, from SPDC facilities last year, during which incidents of "malicious damage" and pipeline theft increased by 48 percent, it also said.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2009
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There were almost 90 incidents of crude oil theft, locally known as bunkering, from SPDC facilities last year, during which incidents of "malicious damage" and pipeline theft increased by 48 percent, it also said.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2009
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Mohammed Umar, an Abuja-based oil industry analyst, estimates that at least 100,000 barrels of oil are stolen every day through the process known as bunkering, while Human Rights Watch says it could be as much as 300,000.
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percent of oil spills were caused by sabotage or by "bunkering" - the organized theft of oil.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID JOLLY 2011
garyth123 commented on the word bunkering
to steal crude oil, according to the BBC on PM this evening (08/01/2009)
January 9, 2009
eggoabbas commented on the word bunkering
This word has a special use in Nigeria and for the oil companies who operate there. Quote from:
http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/particles/political_economy_of_illegal_bun.htm
"While in the Nigerian worldview, 'bunkering', (whether legal or illegal), is synonymous with stealing petroleum (or/and its derivatives),"
July 15, 2009