* Eni's Nembe 5 and Idu oilfields shut down
* Other Nembe facilities shut last week
* Combined production loss unclear (Adds no comment from Eni)
By Tife Owolabi
YENAGOA, Nigeria, May 27 (Reuters) - Two oilfields run byNigerian Agip Oil Co. Ltd, a unit of Italian oil major ENI, were shut down this week in the Niger Delta region bylocal people in dispute with the company, the protesters said onWednesday.
Oil production in the delta, in the southeast of Africa'sbiggest crude exporter and largest economy, has often beendisrupted by locals frustrated at the lack of development intheir communities.
A spokesman for Eni declined to comment.
One group represented by the Agrisaba Oil and Gas Committeesaid on Wednesday it had shut down an oil facility in the Nembe5 region following disputes, including over the provision ofjobs for locals.
"The community has therefore decided that the facility beshut down till further notice until such a time that all theseknotty issues have been resolved," it said in a statement.
Separately, the Egbebiri community shut down six wells atthe Idu oilfield on Monday, two members said, citing variousgrievances, including an allegation the company owed money forthe guarding of its wells since 2014 and that it had failed topay compensation for oil spills.
The Egbebiri shut down the same oilfield last year forsimilar reasons.
It was not clear how much overall oil output was affected bythe two shutdowns.
Last week, protesters shut down crude oil production at twoflow stations of the Nembe oilfield over what they said was thesell-off of the region's energy wealth without the approval ofits inhabitants.
The protesters, mostly young men, arrived in about 30speedboats. They climbed the fence at one station with noresistance and dodged security at the other.
Jonathan Omugu, a youth leader in the Nembe communityinvolved in the protest, said the flow stations were still shuton Wednesday. (Additional reporting by Stephen Jewkes in Milan; Writing byAlexis Akwagyiram and Julia Payne; Editing by Andrew Roche)
