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Bourbon Offshore has announced that the two crew members abducted from Bourbon Liberty 251 off Nigeria last month have been released. The company said the two crew, a Nigerian and a Russian, are in good health. No further information was provided. The news comes just a day after the Russian embassy in Nigeria denied reports that the Russian crew member abducted was killed by the pirates in the attack. A government crackdown on oil theft is fuelling the notable increase in kidnapping and sabotage attacks in the Niger Delta as regional militant gangs move away from oil theft as their preferred source of revenue.

Two offshore workers have been kidnapped from athe "Bourbon Liberty 251" in the port of Onne, Nigeria on Feb 23, 2016. The two captured men were of Nigerian and Russian nationality- The ten other crew members were safe on board the vessel. Immediately an emergency response center was set up. Bourbon was in contact with the families and supported them in this difficult situation. The company will continue to disclose any new information when available and verified. In April 2015 armed men abducted three offshore workers from the "Bourbon Liberty 228". They were freed a month later under unclear circumstances.