A Chevron oil installation in the Niger Delta was blown on Thursday morning in attack already claimed by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
The Thursday attack was the latest damage to Nigeria’s oil infrastructure that is dragging output to 20-year lows.
NDA appeared to claim the attack late Wednesday in a statement on a Twitter account bearing its name that said it had blown up the main electricity feed pipeline at the Escravos oil terminal.
We Warned #Chevron but they didn't Listen. @Niger Delta Avengers just blow up the Escravos tank farm Main Electricity Feed PipeLine.
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The twitter account leads to a website which contains posts on the activities of the group. The posts were signed by one Col. Mudoch Agbinibo.
The NDA, the most high-profile group to emerge recently in the increasingly volatile Niger Delta, has launched a series of attacks in recent months that have choked output from oil giants Chevron, Shell and ENI and helped push up global crude prices.
The attack would “reduce Chevron’s capability to export crude oil via Escravos,” Dirk Steffen, from the Denmark-based Risk Intelligence firm, told AFP.
“The main threat posed by this development is the severely reduced oil output, which puts further pressure on the financially constrained … government,” Steffen added.
Chevron declined to comment on the attack.
Earlier this month, NDA claimed another attack on Chevron, saying they had damaged a valve platform and later warning the company not to fix the broken infrastructure.
The NDA also claimed responsibility for attacking Shell’s Forcados underwater pipeline in February, while earlier this week Eni declared a force majeure following an attack on its Brass Rivers terminal.
“These incidents have raised fears of a renewed insurgency in the southern region,” PGI Intelligence, a London-based security analysis company, said in a May 24 report.
“Pipeline attacks are likely to continue at their current frequency in at least the short to medium term, and the security situation could deteriorate further if a government crackdown on suspected militants provokes a broader backlash.”
Nigerian junior oil minister Emmanuel Kachikwu recently said oil production had fallen from 2.2 million barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels per day — the lowest level since the 1990s.
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to restore stability to Nigeria’s south, whose oil exports account for 70 percent of government revenue.
However, there are fears a heavy-handed response will drive others to join the militants, who are demanding a greater share of oil wealth for the impoverished region.

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it been posted by Mr Ferguson

Again!

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it's unfortunate that the people of the niger delta have allowed sentiments and ignorance to cloud their sense of reasoning. they are unaware of who their real enemies are.

we have had more than 16 years under democratic government, permit me to say that a 16 year old child is more sensible about what is happening around than the people of niger delta.

they have never one day held their politicians whom they have elected over the years to account for the millions that have been appropriated for the development of the region. 13% derivation fund for oil producing states, NDDC, amnesty programme and the ministry of niger delta. the irony of it all and the most painful is that their very own was a vice president and president for 8 years.

these people have had colossal opportunities to make the region Dubai of Africa. but the reverse is the case. a generation of those who started by first kidnapping the expatriates in the region have made fortunes and participated in the humungous corruption that made the reign of their own unpopular, have given way for a new generation of militants, called niger delta avengers.

when you fail to identify the real issues and problems mitigating against your well being, you have become an enemy to yourself. the people of niger delta of which am a part, have become enemies to themselves. it is no longer a question of who's at the top, but peaceful Nigeria. if you will set your house on fire for the government to listen to your, then you need to be evaluated. there's a fundamental issue with the people of niger delta and it has got nothing to do with the oil in the region or a northern president. lets look inward, because we are our problem.

it will be ok