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Nigeria’s MEND Militant Group Plans to End Cease-fire (Update1)

British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said yesterday that the U.K. is prepared to help Nigeria quell unrest near its oilfields as part of an effort to boost world oil output and bring down prices.

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Troubled waters: Nigeria’s oil militants take their fight beyond the delta

Wanted: a hero to save Nigeria’s oil industry.

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ISN Security Watch: Niger Delta: Nowhere to hide

Royal Dutch Shell's Bonga field, the biggest deep offshore field in Africa and holding more than 1 billion barrels of crude reserves, thus became a showpiece of success in the Gulf of Guinea. Other oil majors such as Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and Total also followed with huge offshore oil discoveries that helped make the waters offshore Nigeria a leading global oil exploration hotspot.

However, the aura of invincibility that surrounded the deep-water oilfields in Nigeria is no more. It was shattered on 19 June when the main guerrilla group in the oil region, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), launched an overnight raid on the Bonga oilfield's floating, storage, production and offloading vessel, forcing it to shut down.

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So You Think Oil’s Expensive Now?

Moreover, there are a number of plausible scenarios—taken from today’s headlines—that could greatly impact world oil prices and take an even greater toll on US consumers. We doubt that these risks are fully priced into the market.

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Nigeria: Shell Restarts Bonga Under Naval Cover

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, has restarted oil production on the Bonga Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel under the protection of two Nigerian navy frigates.

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Shell resumes work at Bonga site

Royal Dutch Shell resumed production yesterday at its giant deepwater Bonga oilfield off the coast of Nigeria, which was shut down last week after an attack by speed-boat riding militants, reports Matthew Green in Lagos .

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MEND declares “an all out war”

...in a swift reaction to the president's directive to the armed forces the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which claimed responsibility for the attack, has declared an all out war and warned all foreigners in the region to leave immediately or face the consequences.

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Global Oil Crisis: Chevron pipeline blown up in Nigeria

The sabotage took place hours after militants shut down 200,000 b/d of oil production from Royal Dutch Shell's Bonga oilfield.

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Nigeria oil militants announce ceasefire

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) declared the ceasefire just days after one of its most daring attacks so far, which forced Royal Dutch Shell to halt output from its main Nigerian offshore oilfield, Bonga.

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Nigeria: Shell Stops Producing 200,000 Barrels – After Militants’ Attack

A devastating attack on the huge Bonga offshore oil platform yesterday forced the country's leading oil producing company, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), to suspend all production and export activities at the field.

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Shell Reduces Nigerian Oil Output After Attack at Sea

A Nigerian militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, claimed responsibility for the attack Thursday and threatened further attacks at the site.

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The Nigerian Rebel Who ‘Taxes’ Your Gasoline

Okah may be in prison, but the organization he leads, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) continues to wreak havoc on international oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, sabotaging facilities and kidnapping personnel. And that limits Nigeria's output, and keeps global oil prices climbing.

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Nigeria: The Risk Premium

He had to be careful when he spoke to the press. According to the list, he wasn’t supposed to mention the client, Shell (“They are very sensitive about the situation and want to have absolute control over any mention of the company on this deal”).

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Nigeria: MEND Attacks Shell Facility

THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday attacked a major trunk pipeline belonging to Shell at Awoba flow station in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.

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Nigerian rebels sabotage Shell oil pipeline

Nigerian militants yesterday said they had sabotaged an oil pipeline belonging to Royal Dutch Shell, the latest in a string of attacks that have helped drive oil prices to record highs.

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Crude Oil Rises Above $133 on Nigeria Attacks, Asian Subsidies

May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose above $133 a barrel in New York as a militant attack in Nigeria disrupted supplies and on speculation fuel subsidies in Asian countries will continue to spur demand.

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Rebels claim attack on Shell pipeline

Rebels from Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said they had blown up a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline and killed 11 soldiers in a gun battle today, but the army denied losing any men.

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Nigeria: Shell Restores Damaged Oil Facilities, Resumes Production

Royal Dutch Shell has concluded repairs on two of the four Bonny Light oil facilities damaged by militant attacks, LEADERSHIP learnt yesterday.

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Shell losing 30,000 barrels per day after Nigeria oil attacks

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AFP) — Oil major Royal Dutch Shell said Saturday it was losing the equivalent of 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day because of recent attacks against its installations in Nigeria.

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Nigeria’s Production Woes Could Worsen

LONDON -- The recent slump in Nigeria's oil output may have been disastrous for Africa's largest oil producer, but problems could worsen.

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Nigerian official sees jobs as key to taming violence

The delta rebel group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has pledged to continue the attacks unless the government increases sharing of oil wealth, government budget transparency and local control of oil property.

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Niger Delta Rebels Bomb Shell; Say They Accept Obama Cease-Fire Appeal

Is it possible that in the midst of the most grueling political ordeal of his life, Barack Obama took time out last week to negotiate with Nigerian Militants?

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Oil Rises to a Record $122.73 on Nigeria Attack, Demand Growth

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said a militant attack over the weekend damaged a pump station in Nigeria, where violence has cut exports from Africa's biggest oil producer.

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Shell Nigeria warned by unions over planned massive lay-off

The umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Nigerian subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell against the reported plan to sack 3,500 workers of its total workforce.

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Oil Futures Test $120, Pull Back

Strong global demand, concerns about supply shortages -- most recently fueled by production outages in Nigeria -- and a weak dollar have been the principal driving forces behind rallying oil prices. These factors helped prices first touch $80 a barrel in September, $90 in October, $100 in January and $110 in March.

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Oil Trades Near $120 After Rising to Record on Demand Outlook

A weekend attack in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, forced Royal Dutch Shell Plc to reduce output, the Associated Press reported May 3, citing the company. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, claimed responsibility for the assault.

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Supply Worries, Sinking Dollar Pushes Crude to a New Record

NEW YORK -- Crude-oil futures prices surged to a record high above $120 a barrel Monday, but settled just below that mark, spurred by renewed concerns over tightening supplies ahead of the peak demand summer driving season.

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Oil Rises Above $120 to Record on Concern Over Nigeria Attacks

May 5 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose above $120 a barrel to a record in New York on concern that production disruptions in Nigeria, Africa's biggest producer, will limit supplies.

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Shell output in Nigeria cut after raid

Militants in Nigeria attacked Royal Dutch Shell facilities in southern Delta over the weekend, leading to another cut in output.

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Niger Delta armed group claims Shell attack

LAGOS (AFP) — Niger Delta's most prominent armed group MEND claimed responsibility Sunday for an attack on Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell's facilities in southern Nigeria.

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Nigerian militants attack Shell facility, take hostages from oil ship

LAGOS (Thomson Financial) - Niger Delta militants attacked facilities belonging to Anglo-Dutch oil group Royal Dutch Shell in southern Bayelsa state over the weekend.

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Shell oil installation bombed

Suspected militants have blown up a 30,000bpd Shell flow station in Nigeria’s oil-rich state of Bayelsa, causing a massive oil spillage and dealing another blow at the country’s crude oil export.

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US Military and Nigerian Government: A partnership sealed by oil

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the main armed group active in the oil region, said that militant attacks against major oil pipelines run by Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron Corp. subsidiaries at about the same time were intended to "welcome" the US vessel.

"Mr President, your warships do not intimidate us. Instead they only embolden our resolve in fighting the Goliaths of the world that support injustice," MEND spokesman Jomo Gbomo wrote in an open letter to Bush, which was emailed to reporters.

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Shell shuts more Nigerian oil after rebel attack

Security sources said that three wells had been blown up in the attack, as well as other equipment.

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