Protesters invade oil platforms, shutting production
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LAGOS, Nigeria -- Protesters besieged oil platforms run by Royal Dutch/Shell Group Cos. and ChevronTexaco Corp. for a second day yesterday, shutting down 90,000 barrels a day in oil production, company officials said.
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Demonstrators seized control of a natural gas facility in Bolivia on Friday in protest over the government's nationalization of the energy industry, which they say has not gone far enough, local radio reported.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Hundreds of unarmed  Nigerian villagers, including women and children, seized three  oil platforms operated by multinational oil companies on  Sunday, shutting 90,000 barrels per day of production in a  dispute over jobs.
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Multinational oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell  has evacuated non-essential staff from two oilfields in Nigeria  where troops are fighting a major offensive against rebel  militia, a spokesman said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Oil exports from southern Iraq have been brought to a complete halt, a senior oil official said Monday, following a spate of pipeline attacks launched by insurgents trying to undermine the volatile nation&#39;s interim government.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 8 -- Thousands of students, workers and environmentalists protesting President Bush's arrival here Thursday shut down a road in a central business district, and some clashed with helmet-wearing riot police who fired tear gas and beat demonstrators.
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Saboteurs blew up an oil pipeline and an oil well in northern Iraq in two attacks Tuesday that shut down oil exports from the north, probably for the next 10 days, Iraqi oil officials said.
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Multinational oil companies began talks with hundreds of Nigerian villagers occupying three oil platforms on Monday in a dispute over jobs which shut 90,000 barrels per day of oil production.
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STAVANGER, Norway  - The Norwegian Shipowners Association threatened on Monday to lock out more oil and gas rig workers, a move analysts said could result in a near shutdown of the third-largest petroleum exporter's production and drive world oil prices even higher.
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Multinational companies began talks Monday with Nigerian villagers occupying three oil platforms in a dispute over jobs which shut 90,000 barrels per day of oil production.
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Gunmen have invaded an oilfield control station operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria's Bayelsa state and are holding several soldiers and oil workers hostage, security and industry sources said on Friday.
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Gunmen invaded an oilfield control station operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria's Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta and are holding several people hostage, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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The main power plant in Gaza begins shutting down due to fuel shortages caused by Israel's border closures.
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Hundreds of angry French farmers mounted blockades around the country Monday to hold up fuel shipments in protest at soaring diesel and gasoline prices and to press their demands for government aid.
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Many stage a walkout during the film screenings.
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Nearby clashes between troops and militia fighters forced oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group to evacuate two oil facilities in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil region, the company said Friday.
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Oil major BP Plc has shut down 10,000 barrels per day of oil production at its giant Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska after discovering a leaking flow line, the Anchorage Daily News reported on Saturday.