At least 7 foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria

LAGOS, Oct 3 (Reuters) At least seven foreign oil workers were kidnapped in a militant attack on an oil industry compound in Nigeria's southern oil-producing delta, oil industry sources said today.

The workers were taken from a compound in Eket, close to the operational base of ExxonMobil, which produces about 800,000 barrels a day in Africa's top oil producer.

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