LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have freed three foreign workers, two from the U.S., kidnapped from a ship supplying a Chevron Corp. offshore oil field near Nigeria's coast, authorities said Friday.
The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and Chevron separately confirmed the release of the kidnapped workers from contractor Edison Chouest Offshore, based in Galliano, Louisiana. A spokesman for Edison Chouest could not be immediately reached for comment Friday.
Both organizations refused to give further details about the workers' conditions or whether ransom had been paid to secure their freedom after two weeks in captivity in Nigeria's oil-rich, but violent southern delta.
