Hijackers seize 2 boats off Nigeria
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November 20, 2011, Sunday
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GUNMEN boarded two fishing vessels just off the coast of Nigeria and took two people hostage, security sources said yesterday, the latest in a series of hijackings in the waters around Africa's largest oil business.
The captains of the two boats were taken early on Friday, the same day eight pirates took three hostages from an oil supply vessel contracted by Chevron Corp, two security sources said.
Chevron confirmed the attack on the vessel owned by its contractor, the second hijacking on ships hired by the United States major off the coast of Nigeria this month.
Both attacks on Friday were in waters around President Goodluck Jonathan's home state of Bayelsa, which has hundreds of kilometers of oil pipelines and other industry infrastructure crucial to Africa's largest crude exporter. Violence in the Niger Delta's vast swamps and waterways has in the past cut oil output, moving global prices. Nigeria produces more than 2 million barrels per day of crude oil.
The captains of the two boats were taken early on Friday, the same day eight pirates took three hostages from an oil supply vessel contracted by Chevron Corp, two security sources said.
Chevron confirmed the attack on the vessel owned by its contractor, the second hijacking on ships hired by the United States major off the coast of Nigeria this month.
Both attacks on Friday were in waters around President Goodluck Jonathan's home state of Bayelsa, which has hundreds of kilometers of oil pipelines and other industry infrastructure crucial to Africa's largest crude exporter. Violence in the Niger Delta's vast swamps and waterways has in the past cut oil output, moving global prices. Nigeria produces more than 2 million barrels per day of crude oil.
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