[Qui-deu-a-qui] (nigeriA) MEND fuerza a Shell a cerrar campo de extracción

[Zor Ekologikoa (Ekologistak Martxan)]

El MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) golpea de
nuevo y fuerza a Shell a cerrar un campo de extracción. MEND atacó la
planta de planta provocando el cese de su producción de 200,000 barriles
de petróleo diarios.
 
 Resistencia y acción directa la única forma posible para que estos
monstruos tengan en cuenta al medio ambiente y a las comunidades
afectadas y se dejen de preocupar sólo de sus ganancias millonarias.
 
Adjunto otro documento sobre el impacto petrolero en Nigeria y el MEND
The struggle continues! – Borrokak dirau!
 
 
Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack
 
By EDWARD HARRIS, Associated Press Writer 
1 hour, 29 minutes ago
 
 
 
LAGOS, Nigeria - Royal Dutch Shell said it shut down production from an
offshore oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after the
most powerful militant group in Nigeria launched an attack on an
installation there Thursday. 
 
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The group also said it captured an American worker on a supply vessel in
the area of the rig.
 
A leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta told
The Associated Press that militants attacked the Bonga oil field more
than 65 miles from land. But the fighters weren't able to enter a
computer control room, which they had hoped to destroy.
 
The militant leader spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid punishment
by authorities.
 
Olav Ljosne, a spokesman for Royal Dutch Shell, confirmed an attack, but
gave no details. He said production had been stopped from the field,
which normally produces about 200,000 barrels of crude per day.
 
That accounts for about 10 percent of Nigeria's current daily output of
about 2 million barrels per day production — already significantly off
the amount produced before years of militant attacks on crucial oil
infrastructure.
 
The militants also said they kidnapped an American worker from a supply
vessel they encountered while returning home from the attack. The
seizure was confirmed by private security officials, speaking on
condition of anonymity because they are prohibited from speaking to the
media. The officials said two other seamen on board were injured in that
attack.
 
Over 200 foreign hostages have been seized since an upsurge of violence
that began in early 2006. The hostages are normally released unharmed
after a ransom is paid.
 
Attacks against offshore facilities are exceedingly rare. Oil industry
officials consider their operations on the high seas much safer than
those in the creeks and swamps of Nigeria's southern Niger Delta, where
most of the attacks during two years of increased violence have taken
place.
 
Militant attacks on oil infrastructure have trimmed about a quarter of
total oil production in Nigeria, which is Africa's biggest producer and
a member of OPEC.
 
The turmoil in Nigeria's south has helped send oil prices to historical
heights, giving the militants more leverage in their drive to force the
federal government to send more oil industry proceeds to their areas.
 
Despite being the home of almost all of Nigeria's petroleum reserves,
the country's south is as desperately poor as the rest of the country,
which is Africa's most populous with 140 million people.
 
But criminality and militancy are closely linked, with many of the
militant groups accused of stealing crude oil from wells and pipelines
for sale in overseas market and helping politicians rig elections.
 
 
Zor Ekologiko Batzordea
Ekologistak Martxan (Bilbo)
Pilota K 5, 48005 Bilbo (EH)
www.ekologistakmartxan.org
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