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July 31, 2006
UPDATE: Nigeria Agip Workers, Guards Freed - Report
ABUJA, Nigeria -(Dow Jones)- Sixteen workers of Nigeria's Agip Oil Co., a unit of Eni SpA (E), and eight soldiers captured and held by Niger Delta militants at a flow station belonging to the company have been released, the News Agency of Nigeria reported Sunday.
Monday July 31st, 2006 / 11h14
(Updates item published at 0642 GMT with Nigerian attackers vacating flow station.)
The workers and soldiers were released early Sunday following negotiations involving officials of Bayelsa State, Agbainbiri community and Agip, the report said.
The Nigerian attackers also vacated the flow station early Sunday, the report added.
The attack late Tuesday on the Agbainbiri flow station had forced Agip to shut in 35,000 barrels a day of crude oil.
-By Vincent Nwanma, Dow Jones Newswires; +234-802-358-4996; vinwanma@beta.linkserve.com
Posted by Publisher at July 31, 2006 08:59 AM
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