A Shell spokesman in Lagos said as Upstream went to press that the accord had been struck in day-long talks with representatives of local militants who captured 145 Nigerians and 20 expatriates on two drilling rigs in the Niger Delta earlier in the week. The gunmen, from the Opukushi community in Nigeria's Bayelsa State, had agreed to leave them. We rose from a meeting with representatives of the youths with the following an agreement that the youths will vacate the rigs tomorrow.