Tag: Militants
Rocket-propelled grenades fired at oil tanker near Yemen
Attack occurred in Red Sea waterway near Yemen Unknown attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades at an oil tanker traveling in a Red Sea waterway near Yemen on Wednesday. A statement released by the EU Naval Force said the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker, the MT MUSKIE, was approached and fired upon by three men in a skiff in […]
Blast hits oil pipeline feeding Forcados terminal in Nigeria’s Delta
Forcados terminal pipeline under repairs when blast hit By Tife Owolabi and Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS, Nov 8 (Reuters) – A blast on Tuesday rocked a pipeline operated by Nigeria’s state-run oil firm that feeds the Forcados terminal in the southern Niger Delta energy hub, a spokesman for Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) said. The explosion occurred […]
Niger Delta Avengers claim first attack in energy hub since ceasefire
Niger Delta Avengers attack Bonny crude export line LAGOS, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said on Saturday it had carried out its first oil pipeline attack in the country’s southern energy hub since declaring a break in hostilities in August to pursue talks with the government. The Avengers have […]
Niger Delta militancy could cripple economy, state oil company
Niger Delta militants call for greater share of oil wealth LAGOS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Militant attacks on energy facilities in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta threaten to cripple the country’s state oil company if allowed to go unchecked, it said on Sunday. Militants calling for a greater share of the country’s oil wealth to go […]
Libyan oil guards say closed two oilfields over payment delays
Libyan oil guards say closed two oilfields over payment delays By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, Aug 30 (Reuters) – A Libyan armed force controlling some of the country’s southern oilfields has stopped pumping at two of them because the government has not paid the funds needed to maintain security operations, a brigade commander said on Tuesday. The […]
Militants attack pipeline in Niger Delta as others pursue talks
Niger Delta Ogor-Oteri pipeline attacked YENAGOA, Nigeria, Aug 30 (Reuters) – A militant group said on Tuesday it attacked a pipeline operated by a subsidiary of Nigeria’s state oil company in the country’s southern Delta region, just a day after the most prolific rebel group in the restive energy hub said it had halted hostilities. […]
Nigeria launches offensive against militants in Delta oil hub
Nigeria launches offensive against militants in Delta oil hub By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Saturday it had launched a new offensive against militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, killing five and arresting 23. Armed groups have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on oil and gas […]
Traditional rulers want prisoners freed before Niger Delta talks
Niger Delta pipeline attacks have cut output by 700,000 b/d By Felix Onuah ABUJA, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Traditional leaders in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta have demanded that authorities release youths arrested by the army before they will mediate in talks with militants who have been blowing up pipelines, a government official said. On Thursday, […]
Nigerian army says arrests militants behind killing of four soldiers
Nigerian army says arrests militants behind killing of four soldiers YENAGOA, Nigeria, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The Nigerian army has arrested three militants suspected of having been involved in the killing of four soldiers and seized a large weapons cache, it said on Tuesday. Two weeks ago the army said gunmen dressed as priests killed […]
Anger in the Niger Delta keeps oil majors offline
Niger Delta Avengers announce strikes on Twitter even before oil majors themselves knew their remote pipelines had been hit By Libby George and Ulf Laessing LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) – Oil companies and even Nigerian officials are losing faith in a deal anytime soon with militants who have slashed the nation’s oil output, casting doubt on a production recovery […]
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