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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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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