11.   Officials of a Nigerian oilworkers union said the union will attempt to block Nigerian oil exports because their members are owed back pay.

12.   Oil prices could rise next week amid expectations Nigerian oil exports could be delayed or canceled because local protesters are occupying several oil flow stations, limiting production.

13.   OPEC Secretary General Rilwanu Lukman, a former Nigerian oil minister, was more diplomatic.

14.   Other gainers included oil companies, which extended gains amid concern the explosion in Saudi Arabia and a possible embargo on Nigerian oil could limit supplies.

15.   Randall Robinson would like the United States to boycott Nigerian oil.

16.   The Clinton administration once halfheartedly tried to enlist other nations in a boycott of Nigerian oil.

17.   Thousands of enterprising and well-educated Nigerian oil industry employees were left to look for jobs.

18.   Thousands of Nigerian oil workers have walked off their jobs.

19.   TransAfrica wants Washington to organize an international boycott of Nigerian oil.

20.   While an international oil embargo did not materialize, limited economic sanctions against Nigerian oil were invoked.