ATTIYAH SAID OIL PRICES WERE BEING DRIVEN BY GEOPOLITICAL CONCERNS AND ADDED THERE WAS LITTLE OIL CARTEL OPEC COULD DO AT ITS JUNE 1 MEETING TO HELP BRING THEM DOWN. "I SEE THE GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION STILL PUSHING THE PRICE OF OIL VERY HIGH UP. YOU CANNOT CONTROL STRONG WINDS, AND YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION," HE TOLD REPORTERS. VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA, WHERE MILITANT ATTACKS HAVE CUT CRUDE PRODUCTION BY A QUARTER, ALSO ADDED SUPPORT TO OIL MARKETS. THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF THE NIGER DELTA, WHICH WANTS MORE LOCAL CONTROL OVER THE SOUTHERN DELTA'S OIL WEALTH, SAID IT HAD DETONATED 30 KG (66 LB) OF DYNAMITE IN A CAR BOMBING CLOSE TO A REFINERY IN THE OIL CAPITAL OF WARRI. THE MILITANTS SAID IT WAS A WARNING TO OIL INDUSTRY WORKERS AND INVESTORS, SINGLING OUT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, WHICH LAST WEEK CLINCHED A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR DEAL FOR ACCESS TO OIL ACREAGE.
