Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct 4 U.S. Oil Workers

The crisis in oil-rich Niger Delta region further degenerated yesterday, when gunmen abducted four U.S. oil workers from a barge off a coast near Chevron’s Escravous crude export terminal in Warri, Delta State.

The abduction of the American oil workers came on the heels of Tuesday’s release of 11 workers of Daewoo Engineering and Construction by Niger Delta militants. The released foreigners were three Koreans and eight Filipinos.