Nigeria's main militant group said on Sunday its fighters had attacked an offshore oil facility belonging to Royal Dutch Shell off the coast of southern Nigeria.
"Hurricane Piper Alpha lashed out at the Shell offshore Ofirma oilfields today ... blowing up jacket A in the process. The structure is currently engulfed in fire," the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an email.
There was no immediate independent confirmation.
source: Reuters