Posted on 06/03/2016 9:14:04 AM PDT by Lorianne
In an early Wednesday attack, Niger Delta militants have blown up two Chevron oil wells in Warri, leading a shut down in the wells and promising further output drops for Nigeria.
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have claimed responsibility for the attack via their Twitter feed, not that they “blew up Chevron oil well RMP 23 and 24 [at] 3:44 am this morning.”
These are Chevron’s Bibi oil wells, run by Chevron Nigeria Limited.
The militant group also noted that it had a “heavy presence of 100 gunboats, 4 warships and jet bombers,” and that the attack was meant “to show the whole world that the Nigeria military is good in [sic] harassing innocent Nigerians”.
The attack comes as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari plans a visit to the Niger Delta region on Thursday to address the resurgence in militancy that has taken half of the country’s production offline already.
According to the IBTimes UK, a suspected member of the NDA was heard in a video recording of a radio interview as saying that Buhari “should sign his death warrant” before attempting to visit the Niger Delta.
(Excerpt) Read more at oilprice.com ...
Follow the money on this one — You will most definitely find Chinese money backing the NDA.
Isn’t nonPC to drop a g and call a place that name?
"It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.........."
So, what kind of militants? Moslems? Communists??
Popcorn time.
First pipelines and now wells.
Seems like Russia and Saudi would benefit more than China would.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/30/AR2006043001022.html
I thought Niger was a land-locked nation. Home of the yellowcake.
YIKES! Sorry about the size. Newbie on posting pics. Will get sizing correct new time.
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