Oil climbed towards $67 on Wednesday as Nigerian militants said they were targeting all foreign oil firms in their drive to halt flows from the world's eighth biggest crude exporter. Previously the rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta had focused on Royal Dutch Shell forcing Nigeria's biggest foreign operator to cut production by 226,000 barrels per day, roughly 10 percent of national output. In a statement e-mailed to Reuters on Wednesday, the group said it had widened its attacks to Agip and Total facilities and would also target Chevron. Agip and Total issued denials. Shell said it was reviewing deployment of its 5,000 staff. U.S. crude oil climbed as far as $66.91 a barrel, the highest since Sept. 30. It was up 19 cents at $66.50 at 1437 GMT. London Brent crude was up five cents at $64.95.
