Mexican firm inks floating hotels deal in Spain
September 20th, 2012 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Sep 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos signed a 300-million-euro ($392 million) deal Wednesday for the construction of two floating hotels, or flotels, at ... Read more...
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Blast at Mexican gas facility kills 26, seven still missing
September 20th, 2012 - 1:28 am ICT by BNO News
REYNOSA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- At least 26 people were killed Tuesday and seven others remain missing after a huge blaze erupted at a Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) natural gas facility in northern ... Read more...
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Kazakh cops jailed for attacking protesters
May 29th, 2012 - 6:41 am ICT by IANS
Astana, May 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Five police officers have been sent to jail for their heavy-handed response to a protest by striking oil workers in Kazakhstan last year.At least 15 ... Read more...
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BP to pay $7.8 bn to victims of oil spill
March 5th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
London, March 5 (IANS/EFE) British oil supermajor BP Plc said it has reached an out-of-court settlement estimated at $7.8 billion with victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.In ... Read more...
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Kazakh restive town normal, UN experts invited
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Astana, Dec 23 (IANS) Normalcy is returning to the restive western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen as authorities invited UN experts to participate in the probe into riots that left more ... Read more...
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Three Russian journalists detained in Kazakhstan
December 19th, 2011 - 5:58 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three Russian journalists covering riots in western Kazakhstan were detained without any reason Sunday, Russia's Kommersant business daily said on its website."The journalists were detained ... Read more...
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10 killed during clashes on Kazakhstan’s independence day
December 17th, 2011 - 8:53 am ICT by IANS
Astana, Dec 17 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed Friday in Zhanaozen city of Kazakhstan after clashes erupted between oil workers and police during independence day celebrations, an official ... Read more...
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Petrobras reports gas leak at drilling platform
November 28th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Nov 28 (IANS/EFE) A "minimal amount" of gas leaked at a drilling platform off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state in the Campos basin, Brazil's main oil-producing ... Read more...
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Niger Delta youths learn skills from India
September 9th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja (Nigeria), Sep 9 (IANS) India is helping to provide skills to over 200 youths from Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta where there have been years of unrest, said a senior ... Read more...
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Russia helicopter crash kills three
July 25th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 25 (IANS) A helicopter with five people on board crashed in Russia Monday, killing three and injuring the other two, a media report said.An engine failure occurred when ... Read more...
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2012 named most absurd science fiction film by NASA
January 3rd, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 3 (ANI): Hollywood blockbuster 2012, starring John Cusack and Thandie Newton, is the worst ever science fiction film, according to NASA scientists.The US space agency said that the end-of-the-world ... Read more...
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Tropical Storm Alex Expected To Pick Up Steam
June 29th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Gulf Coast Of Northern Mexico and Southern Texas are under high alert as Tropical Storm Alex is expected to become a hurricane on Tuesday. The ... Read more...
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BP Chairman Says “We Care” For “Small People”
June 17th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
WASHINGTON, June 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Wednesday a segment of the speech made by the British Petroleum chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg in front of the media sources infuriated the people of ... Read more...
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Yemeni rebels release two Chinese oil workers
May 18th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) -- Two Chinese oil company workers abducted in southern Yemen were released on Tuesday, Chinese state media reported quoting a Embassy official.Kidnappers who have been identified as people from ... Read more...
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BP Vows To Pay For Gulf-Spill Cleanup
May 4th, 2010 - 2:22 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 03 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The CEO for BP, Tony Hayward told Good Morning America on Monday that BP was not responsible for the horrible oil rig accident, that Transocean LTD was, ... Read more...
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16 feared dead in North Sea ‘copter crash
April 2nd, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.2 (ANI): At least 16 people, 14 of them oil workers, have died in a helicopter crash in the North Sea.The Super Puma was just over 16 miles offshore when it ... Read more...
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One killed, 16 missing in Canada chopper crash
March 13th, 2009 - 3:22 am ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Ottawa, March 13 (Xinhua) One person was kiled and 16 others were missing Thursday when the helicopter in which they were travelling crashed into the North Atlantic off the coast of Canada's ... Read more...
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Six workers of oil and gas exploring company abducted in Quetta
February 4th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Feb.4 (ANI): A day after a senior official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), John Solecki was kidnapped, unidentified miscreants abducted six more persons belonging to an oil ... Read more...
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BPCL, OIL workers call off three-day strike
January 9th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 9 (ANI): Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Oil India Ltd workers today called off their three-day strike, which has severely affected supplies of transport fuels.
BPCL Director (Marketing) ... Read more...
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Lebanese engineer kidnapped in Nigeria
November 3rd, 2008 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Nov 3 (DPA) Unidentified gunmen kidnapped Monday a Lebanese engineer in southern Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, the Lebanese authorities said.According to a government source, the Lebanese government was informed ... Read more...
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Kidnapped Chinese oil worker found alive in Sudan
October 31st, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Khartoum (Sudan), Oct 31 (Xinhua) Sudanese armed forces have found alive a Chinese national who was among the nine oil workers kidnapped by a militia group, the Chinese embassy said Friday.The Chinese ... Read more...
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Four Chinese oil workers killed in Sudan
October 28th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 28 (Xinhua) At least four Chinese oil workers have been killed following their abduction in western Sudanese region of Darfur, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday.Officials said nine people working for ... Read more...
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Five Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan
October 28th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Khartoum, Oct 28 (Xinhua) Five of the nine Chinese oil workers abducted in southwest Sudan by militants last week have been killed by the kidnappers, the Chinese embassy in Sudan said.Two abducted ... Read more...
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Colombian army rescues five kidnapped oil workers
August 3rd, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 3 (IANS) Five Colombian oil workers, kidnapped earlier this week by leftist rebels in a northeastern province, have been rescued in an army commando operation, EFE news agency reported Sunday ... Read more...
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Nigerian gunmen release kidnapped oil workers
July 27th, 2008 - 6:41 am ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Lagos, July 27 (Xinhua) The eight foreign oil workers who were kidnapped by gunmen Saturday off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich restive Niger Delta have been released, a media report said Sunday.
No ... Read more...
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Eight foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria (Lead)
July 26th, 2008 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Lagos, July 26 (Xinhua) A group of gunmen kidnapped eight foreign oil workers from an oil vessel off the coast of the restive Niger Delta region in Nigeria earlier Saturday, agencies reported. ... Read more...
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Nigerian militants hold oil workers to ransom
July 26th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, July 26 (RIA Novosti) Militants have taken hostage five crew members of an oil vessel at the southern Nigerian port of Harcourt. Russia's shipping bulletin Maritime Sovfracht said in a ... Read more...
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Oil price hits all-time high of almost $146 a barrel
July 11th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Frankfurt, July 11 (DPA) Oil prices surged to a record high Friday amid supply worries and an outbreak of international tensions surrounding Iran, a key oil producer. With the US dollar also ... Read more...
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Niger gunmen kidnap brother of English Premier League star
July 6th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Nairobi/Abuja, July 6 (DPA) Gunmen in Niger have seized the elder brother of Everton and Nigeria player Joseph Yobo from a hotel in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, police said. River State police ... Read more...
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Nine killed in helicopter crash in Russia
July 2nd, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, July 2 (RIA Novosti) At least nine people were killed Wednesday when an Mi-8 helicopter carrying oil workers crashed in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area in Russia's west Siberia, the emergencies ... Read more...
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Nigerian oil militants call unilateral ceasefire
June 23rd, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Nairobi, June 23 (DPA) A militant group responsible for attacks on oil facilities that have disrupted oil production in Nigeria will observe a unilateral ceasefire from Tuesday midnight, the group said in ... Read more...
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Shell halts oil production after militant attack
June 19th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Abuja, June 19 (DPA) Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday it had shut down production at its main offshore oil field in Nigeria after a militant attack. "I can confirm that the Bonga ... Read more...
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