News; Avenging Militants launch another dreaded attack

–  Militants operating in the delta region known as Niger Delta Avengers, have launched another attacked in the oil-rich region

 – Royal Dutch Shell has been forced to evacuate most of its staff force from the area  

– The news of this latest attack by the group comes after a Chevron facility suffered a similar assault.

 The Niger Delta Avengers, the newest militant group in the oil-rich region, has forced Royal Dutch Shell to evacuate most of its staff from a production facility in the blighted region. The evacuation was carried out by three helicopters on Saturday, according to Sahara Reporters. The exercise will continue on Sunday in the firm’s facilities across the Niger Delta region.

 The petroleum installation normally produces 90k barrels of oil per day, which has now been completely halted. Sources said that a small group of staff has been left on the platform to carry out skeletal operations. The staff and facility are currently being protected by two gunboats belonging to the federal government’s military joint task force.

                            

 Areas that have been struck by Avengers include;

1. Okan field facility run by Chevron, resulting in the loss of gas supplies to power plants across Nigeria.

2.The main pipeline run by the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) was blown up

3.The oil pipeline that supplies crude to Warri and Kaduna refineries, therefore, crippling Nigeria’s ability to refine some four million gallons of gasoline per day.