Text of report by Lagos-based newspaper Vanguard on 4 May [Report by Samuel Oyadongha :"Armed men Attack Shell's Flow Station, Damage 3 oil Wells"] UNKNOWN armed men, yesterday, attacked the Diebu creek flow station belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell Petroleum Development Company in the coastal area of Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, damaging three oil wells.

Nigerian militants released 13 oil industry hostages unharmed after they were abducted at gunpoint in several attacks on May 25. The governor of Bayelsa introduced the group of hostages to reporters at his office in Yenagoa. They included five U.S.

By EDWARD HARRIS LAGOS, Nigeria - Gunmen kidnapped a group of foreign oil workers on Friday, including three Americans and four Britons, in Nigeria's unruly southern petroleum-producing region, officials said.

New York crude oil prices closed above $62 a barrel Tuesday after a militant group attacked three pipelines in Nigeria, Africa's biggest crude producer. Light, sweet crude for June delivery gained 79 cents, or 1.29 percent, to $62.26 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

By KATHERINE HOURELD LAGOS, Nigeria - The main militant group in restive southern Nigeria said Tuesday it had bombed three major oil pipelines, disrupting production in two oil fields.