LAGOS, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The Royal Dutch Shell Thursday said its Trans Ramos Pipeline at Aghoro-2 community in southeast oil-rich Nigeria's Bayelsa State was attacked Wednesday night.
"SPDC Joint Venture can confirm the Trans Ramos Pipeline at Aghoro-2 community in Bayelsa State was attacked last night (June 17)," Tony Okonedo, manager corporate media relations with Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited said in a statement reaching here.
"Some oil production has been shut in to avoid potential environmental impact," he added. According to him, relevant government agencies have been informed, and a joint investigation visit is planned.
Nigeria's major militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta region the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said Wednesday its fighter destroyed a major crude oil pipeline in southeast in Bayelsa state belonging to Royal Dutch Shell as it continues its campaign against foreign oil companies.
Nigerian militants claim destroying major Shell pipeline
LAGOS, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's major militant group in the oil rich Niger Delta region the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said its fighter destroyed a major crude oil pipeline in southeast in Bayelsa state belonging to Royal Dutch Shell as it continues its campaign against foreign oil companies.
"At about 20:30 Hrs (2030 GMT) of Wednesday, June 17, 2009, fighters from MEND in furtherance of Hurricane Piper Alpha (our campaign to cripple the entire oil and gas export of the Federal Republic of Nigeria), destroyed with high explosives a major crude oil trunk line in Bayelsa state belonging to Shell," the group spokesman Jomo Gbomo said in a statement reaching here. Full story
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