Here's an article about Nigerian pirates attacking an off-shore oil field and taking hostages. This short article really shows just how global the oil business is there. The hostages taken were French employees working in an off-shore oil field that is operated by a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned oil producer Sinopec Group. The pirates were armed with Russian Kalashnikov rifles. What really surprised me is that Nigeria is one of the main suppliers of oil to the USA.

Why are Nigerian guerrillas attacking and sabotaging oil production?

Did you know that Nigeria has had a worse oil disaster than the BP Gulf disaster?