Nigeria: MEND attacks cut oil export by 500,000 bpd

South-South based militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has claimed that its Operation Cyclone meant to cripple Nigerian oil exports is recording success with the shutdown of 500,000 barrels per day in the combined attacks oil installations.

The group had in a statement last week announced the commencement of Operation Cyclone, which is targeted at crippling Nigerian oil exports in protest against the continued trial of its leader, Henry Okah.


MEND, in a statement made available to Daily Sun on Monday, quoted the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) that its attack on April 24 at the Kula Trunk line has further disrupted oil production, which it claimed the Federal Government has instructed Shell not to disclose.

The statement reads: