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Offshore workers kidnapped from an FPSO offshore Nigeria in an armed pirate attack in July have been released, the owner of the floating production unit said. -
Pirates attacked an oil production vessel off Nigeria in the early hours of 2 July and kidnapped nine Nigerian nationals, the ship’s owner BW Offshore said.
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The nonprofit group Oceans Beyond Piracy says the cost of maritime piracy in West Africa was more than $800 million in 2017.
