SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, (THEWILL) – Contrary to claims by the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, that it had blown up the Qua Iboe 48″ crude oil export pipeline operated by ExxonMobil, the company declared on Tuesday that no attacks had taken place at its facilities.
ExxonMobil spokesman, Todd Spitler, said “there were no attacks on our facilities”.
The Avengers had on Monday evening stated on its website that it had blown up an Exxon Mobil Corp facility, which is Nigeria’s largest crude oil stream and exports usually amount to more than 300,000 barrels per day.
The group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in Nigeria’s southern oil hub.
The militants, whose attacks briefly pushed Nigeria’s crude production to 30-year lows in spring, have said they want a greater share of the OPEC member’s energy wealth to go to the impoverished southern Niger Delta, the source of most of the country’s oil.
