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Oil companies in Niger Delta face growing list of dangers |
| Home | (IHT) - PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria: There are few safe places left for oil companies in the Niger Delta, the epicenter of this country's petroleum industry. Armed gangs have blown up pipelines, disabled pumping stations and kidnapped more than 150 foreign oil workers in the past year. Companies now confine employees to heavily fortified compounds, allowing them to travel only by armored car or helicopter. |