The New York Times: Four Foreign Oil Workers Kidnapped in Nigeria: “Unidentified armed men have kidnapped four foreign oil workers including an American and a Briton from an offshore oilfield in Nigeria operated by Royal Dutch Shell, authorities said on Thursday.”: 12 January 2006

By REUTERS

Published: January 12, 2006

Filed at 3:20 a.m. ET

LAGOS (Reuters) - Unidentified armed men have kidnapped four foreign oil workers including an American and a Briton from an offshore oilfield in Nigeria operated by Royal Dutch Shell, authorities said on Thursday.

The hostages also include a Honduran and Bulgarian and were working on a ship servicing Shell's 120,000 barrels per day E.A. oilfield on Wednesday when the attack occurred.

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