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Cid_Yama
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 Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: MEND vows to cut Nigerian oil exports to zero |
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Nigeria's main militant group says it has blown up a major oil pipeline owned by Shell in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it had used explosives to attack a "major pipeline" in the Asari Toru region.
Mend declared "war" on Nigeria's oil industry last Sunday after a fierce military raid on one of its bases.
If confirmed, the latest attack would be the sixth since Mend launched what it has called Hurricane Barbarossa.
Mend vowed to "continue to nibble every day at the oil infrastructure in Nigeria until the oil exports reach zero".
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allenwrench
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: Re: MEND vows to cut Nigerian oil exports to zero |
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| Is US planning a crude fueled intervention? How does this country measure up as an exporter for US crude needs? |
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TheDude
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: Re: MEND vows to cut Nigerian oil exports to zero |
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Man, we've had a lot of Nigeria threads. I recently started one. Dante suggested at some point that we have a macro thread for the country.
MEND threatened the same in Feb 2006: Nigeria oil 'total war' warning
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karras
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: MEND vows to cut Nigerian oil exports to zero |
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| allenwrench wrote: | | Is US planning a crude fueled intervention? How does this country measure up as an exporter for US crude needs? |
According to the most recent EIA data, more than half of Nigeria's roughly 2 million barrels/day of export go to the US. So, if MEND were to accomplish even half of its intended export cut, it would spell serious trouble for the US. |
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