Nigerian militants set fire to a pumping station Chevron.

Action Movement for the Liberation of Niger Delta (MEND) said that staged a fire at a pumping station U.S. company Chevron, said the morning of Wednesday, 10 June, AFP.

In a statement distributed by militants, said that the attack was carried out on an oil platform in the Niger Delta Otunana. Chevron officials said that checking the message of the attack militants, to desist from further comment.

In mid-May, the Government of Nigeria initiated a large-scale operation against the militant Movement for the Liberation of the Niger delta. In response to the actions of the government militia called on their supporters to arms and demanded that foreign oil companies as soon as possible to curtail their activities in the region.

At the end of May 2009 MEND militants have violated the work of five pumping stations Chevron in the Niger Delta, bringing the U.S. company was forced to take action to reduce oil production at oil fields in Nigeria to 100 thousand barrels per day.

The Movement for the Liberation of Niger Delta works to ensure that the share of transnational corporations in the oil production of Nigeria has been reduced, and the government sent more money, the proceeds from the oil trade for the benefit of local residents. The militants of the organization repeatedly attacked facilities owned by foreign oil companies, as well as killed and the hostages were seized in their staff.