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Pipeline problems in Russian fear East
 Oil oozed from the East-Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline, launched about a month ago, in the third such accident in less than two months.
19 February 2010 , 15:20RIA Novosti
ConocoPhillips in mourning
 ConocoPhillips’ Alaska unit president Jim Bowles was killed and a colleague was missing and presumed dead after their snowmobiling party was caught in an avalanche on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
15 February 2010 , 12:45Upstream
Shell Pipeline Blown Up in Nigeria
A crude oil pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell Plcs Nigerian unit was blown up by militants in Delta state, Bloomberg reports
19 March 2009 , 11:20Ksenia Kochneva
Transneft's Pipeline Fire Halts 20% of Export Supply
A Transneft official confirmed an accident on a trunk pipeline running through the towns of Samara, Saratov, Tikhoretsk and Novorossiisk, saying the accident happened near the Volga town of Saratov, the Moscow Times repoted
05 March 2009 , 08:29Ksenia Kochneva
Colombian Guerrillas Attack Oil Company Camp
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas attacked a camp belonging to a contractor employed by oil company Ecopetrol in the remote El Catatumbo region, near the border with Venezuela. No one was injured, the officials say
14 January 2009 , 13:36Ksenia Kochneva
One Killed in Attack on ExxonMobil in Nigeria
Mobil Producing Nigeria, a subsidiary of US oil group ExxonMobil, said Thursday one person was killed during an attack on one of its convoys in the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom
05 December 2008 , 12:30Ksenia Kochneva
60 Drilling Platforms Destroyed by Hurricanes
Hurricanes Gustav and Ike destroyed 60 drilling platforms that drew about 1 percent of the oil and natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico, the Interior Department said Wednesday in a final damage assessment of the two September storms
27 November 2008 , 14:01Jo Amey
Army Crackdown on Niger Oil Thieves
Nigeria's army said on Wednesday it would continue to fight criminal gangs behind oil theft in the oil-producing Niger Delta
27 November 2008 , 09:42Jo Amey
Somali Pirates Demand "Honest" Negotiations
Somali pirates demanding 25 million dollars for a Saudi super-tanker called on Wednesday for stepped up and "honest" talks to free the vessel ahead of the November 30 ransom deadline
27 November 2008 , 08:52Jo Amey
Pirates Move Ship in fear of Islamist Attacks
The risk of Islamist attacks from groups opposed to piracy have caused pirates holding the Sirius Star, the vast crude oil tanker seized a week ago, to move the vessel according to news agency reports
24 November 2008 , 09:33Jo Amey
Gunmen Attack Navy Houseboat in Nigeria
Unknown gunmen attacked a navy houseboat in southern Nigeria protecting a Royal Dutch Shell crude oil flow station on Friday
21 November 2008 , 12:04Jo Amey
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LUKoil vice president Anatoly Barkov was hospitalized after a car slammed into his Mercedes on a snow-clogged street in southwestern Moscow during Thursday morning rush hour.