UPDATE 3-Nigeria oil pipeline attacked, bunkering arrests11.15.08,
By Austin Ekeinde
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A Nigerian crude oil pipeline was sabotaged in the Niger Delta while 22 Filipinos were arrested after their ship was intercepted for carrying stolen oil, a military spokesman said on Saturday.
A crude oil pipeline that feeds into the Chevron (nyse: CVX - news - people )-operated Escravos export terminal in Delta state was attacked late on Friday. No group has claimed responsibility.
'The details are still scanty and we are gathering more information,' spokesman Rabe Abubakar said.
A Chevron spokesman said production had been shut down but did not give any figures. One security source said 100,000 barrels per day of the OPEC member's oil output had been cut because of the attack.
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Attacks by militants and criminal gangs have cut Nigeria's oil production by a fifth since early 2006.
Security sources said the pipeline was located in Abiteye, where community members have attacked oil facilities in the past.