Nigeria oil union says no deal to end Exxon strike

ABUJA, April 30 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) failed to reach a deal with a Nigerian oil union on Wednesday to end a seven-day-old strike and talks would reconvene on Thursday while the stoppage continued, union leaders said.

A spokesman for the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC), which is mediating the talks, had earlier said that the PENGASSAN union had agreed to return to work while talks continued but union leaders denied they had agreed to this.

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