Unidentified gunmen attacked an oil facility in Nigeria operated by France’s Total on Monday using high explosives, sources at private security companies said.
It was unclear whether there were any casualties or damage to the facility in the attack. A Total spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
”There was an attack on an onshore flow-station. They used high explosives,” one of the sources said, asking not to be named.
Attacks on oil facilities and kidnapping of foreign workers have become frequent in the world’s eighth largest oil exporter, and have halted almost a third of its oil output. – Reuters