Offshore Union Calls for UK Oil Firms to Quit Niger Delta

An offshore union leader yesterday called on all British oil companies to pull out of the volatile Niger Delta region – as desperate efforts continued to free a Scottish oil worker.

Gordon Gray was kidnapped four days ago by a gang of Nigerian rebels.


Militants armed with AK47 assault rifles stormed the Bulford Dolphin drilling rig, about 40 miles off the Nigerian coast.

Mr Gray, of Crieff, is employed by Aberdeen-based Dolphin Drilling. The father of one has managed to speak to representatives of the Nigerian oil company which is trying to secure his release, assuring them that he is safe and well.

The Scotsman