Niger Delta groups say they shut down Eni oil facilities

* Eni (NYSE: E - news) '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 by Nigerian Agip Oil Co. Ltd, a unit of Italian oil major ENI , were shut down this week in the Niger Delta region by local people in dispute with the company, the protesters said on Wednesday.

Oil production in the delta, in the southeast of Africa's biggest crude exporter and largest economy, has often been disrupted by locals frustrated at the lack of development in their communities.

A spokesman for Eni declined to comment.

One group represented by the Agrisaba Oil and Gas Committee said on Wednesday it had shut down an oil facility in the Nembe 5 region following disputes, including over the provision of jobs for locals.

"The community has therefore decided that the facility be shut down till further notice until such a time that all these knotty issues have been resolved," it said in a statement.

Separately, the Egbebiri community shut down six wells at the Idu oilfield on Monday, two members said, citing various grievances, including an allegation the company owed money for the guarding of its wells since 2014 and that it had failed to pay compensation for oil spills.

The Egbebiri shut down the same oilfield last year for similar reasons.

It was not clear how much overall oil output was affected by the two shutdowns.

Last week, protesters shut down crude oil production at two flow stations of the Nembe oilfield over what they said was the sell-off of the region's energy wealth without the approval of its inhabitants.

The protesters, mostly young men, arrived in about 30 speedboats. They climbed the fence at one station with no resistance and dodged security at the other.

Jonathan Omugu, a youth leader in the Nembe community involved in the protest, said the flow stations were still shut on Wednesday. (Additional reporting by Stephen Jewkes in Milan; Writing by Alexis Akwagyiram and Julia Payne; Editing by Andrew Roche)