In coordinated attacks, Nigerian rebels launched a wave of attacks today across the oil rich southern Delta, blowing up oil installations and seizing nine foreign oil workers.

Royal Dutch Shell was forced to shut down a facility that moves 400,000 barrels of oil a day, 16% of Nigeria’s output. Other attacks targeted a tanker berth and a major Shell crude oil pipeline

The militants are fighting for more autonomy, a greater share of oil wealth and compensation for environmentla degredation for the region’s 8 million Ijaw people.