Police could not say if a ransom was paid for the release on Wednesday of the three Syrians and one Lebanese.
"The men were released unhurt on Monday," Rita Abbey, the Rivers State police
spokeswoman, said.
One police officer was killed as the four were seized near Port Harcourt in the Niger delta last Thursday.
Hundreds of mostly foreign and local oil workers have been kidnapped in the volatile Niger delta since 2006.
Most have been released unharmed, but some were freed only after ransom payments.
The fighters, who demand that the federal government send more oil-industry funds to Nigeria's southern region, have launched numerous attacks on oil-installations in the area and fought government troops since January 2006.
On March 31, a local employee of French oil group Total was abducted on his way to work in Port Harcourt.
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