Multinational oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has evacuated non-essential staff from two oil production plants in Nigeria where troops are fighting a major offensive against rebel militia, a spokesman said. The decision was taken as a precaution after the company noted troop movements on Thursday around the Soku and Ekulama flow stations, which gather oil from wells near the oil city Port Harcourt, he added. Oil production has not been affected. "We noticed the movement of troops to the Soku and Ekulama areas where we have flow stations and for security reasons we had to evacuate non-essential staff," the spokesman said.
"We have not heard of any exchange of fire, but we sense there may be clashes."
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