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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Nigerian Strike to Target Oil Exports |
| 2004-10-31 |
| LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Unions declared the top oil multinational here, Royal Dutch/Shell, "an enemy of the Nigerian people" on Sunday and called a November 16th nationwide strike that they said would target oil exports in Africa's oil giant. Here we go again The threats in the world's No. 7 oil exporter - (others say 6th, some even 5th) the source of one-fifth of U.S. oil imports - appeared likely to send new shocks through the global oil price market. Today's gas prices at the pump should be rising again shortly [if] the strike threat translates into tangible disruptions of Nigeria's much needed oil exports, Shell oil has ordered it's people to 'depart' to safer areas, like hop a plane a leave town. Unions called the Nov. 16th strike after giving President Olusegun Obasanjo until Sunday to reverse September's 23 percent increase in fuel prices in Nigeria. Union leaders singled out Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Nigeria's largest petroleum producer, which they accused of planning to try to block the strike in the courts. "We have resolved to declare Shell an enemy of the Nigerian people," Adams Oshiomhole, leader of the main Nigeria Labor Congress, told reporters. Maybe they don't like Shell's V-Power high test gas(?) "Shell will be treated as an enemy. We have the capacity to engage them," Oshiomhole said. Yo, problema grandé in the making for Nigeria's light, cleaner & sweeter crude oil exports- Shell officials could not immediately be reached for comment |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |