Capability is Not Enough: Why Authority Decides Whether SOF Protect Critical Maritime Infrastructure

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In 2008, Niger Delta militants attacked Shell’s Bonga FPSO offshore Nigeria, shutting down 200,000 barrels per day. The attack was claimed by MEND aiming to disrupt offshore oil production, highlighting ongoing security challenges to critical maritime infrastructure.

On June 19, 2008, Niger Delta militants in open-hulled boats stormed Shell’s Bonga floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), 120 kilometers off the Nigerian coast. They shut down 200,000 barrels of daily production. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) announced afterward that the target had been “deliberately chosen to remove any notion that offshore oil … Read more The post Capability is Not Enough: Why Authority Decides Whether SOF Protect Critical Maritime Infrastructure appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.