Delta Avengers reject Nigeria talks, blow up Chevron site

The Niger Delta Avengers militant group on Wednesday rejected an offer of talks with the government to end its attacks on oil facilities and said it had blown up a Chevron pipeline site in the Niger Delta. Attacks by militants on oil and gas pipelines in the southern delta swamps have brought Nigeria's oil output to a 20-year low and helped push oil prices to 2016 highs. Nigeria's oil minister said on Tuesday the government would start talks with the Niger Delta Avengers, which has claimed respo