Nigeria’s main militant group, MEND, said it had attacked two oil pipelines belonging to Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell in the southern Rivers state on Sunday.
The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) said in a statement it had “pounded” a Shell pipeline at Adamakiri at 2:30 am (0130 GMT) and another at Kula shortly after.
A Shell official confirmed the two attacks to AFP but said production did not appear to have been greatly affected. The official refused to give more details while waiting for an on-site inspection.
MEND, which declared this month an “all-out oil war” aimed at halting production, had claimed Thursday an attack on another Shell oil pipeline in Bayelsa state.
The group issued a warning Sunday against Chevron, accusing the US oil giant of letting the Nigerian military use one of its air strips for jet fighters and helicopter gunships.
“By allowing its facilities to be used in committing atrocities against the host communities where it drills oil and gas from, Chevron has repeated the same mistake by Shell against the Ogoni communities and will pay a price in double measure,” the statement said.
MEND attacked on Saturday a major pipeline supplying crude oil to Italian oil group Agip’s Brass terminal. Agip confirmed the the act of “sabotage.”