Nigerian Militants Bomb Two Shell-Operated Pipelines.

The article reports that the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) had bombed two oil pipelines being operated by Royal Dutch Shell PLC in Nigeria. The company had confirmed that one of the pipelines in Nembe Creek was damaged and it was forced to cut flows. According to the article, the group has been bombing pipelines and abducting foreign oil workers for more than two years in an attempt to get a greater share of the country's oil.