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Nigeria militants attack pipeline and cut output


    ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian militants attacked an oil supply pipeline near Chevron's Escravos oilfields in the Niger Delta late on Thursday, prompting the shutdown of some production, a military general said on Saturday.

    "An oil pipeline was attacked at 11:30 p.m. Thursdaynight," said Army Brigadier-General Wuyep Rintip, head of theJoint Task Force in the western Delta. "For production to havestopped, this shows the damage was serious."

    Rintip said some 120,000 barrels per day was halted due tothe incident. Chevron officials were not immediately availableto comment.

    Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua on Friday ordered thecountry's armed forces to tighten security in the Niger Deltaafter a bold nightime attack on Shell's main offshore oilfacility on Thursday.

    (Reporting by Randy Fabi; Editing by Alison Williams)