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| Sep.28 |
 Algeria |
 Oil rallies after Opec ministers announce output cut The oil producers cartel Opec has agreed a preliminary deal to cut production for the first time in eight years, sending crude prices surgin...
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| Sep.17 |
 Southern Sudan |
South Sudan oil tanker blast 'kills 170'  The tanker had veered off the road in Maridi, Western Equatoria state, and local residents were siphoning off the fuel when the vehicle expl...
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| Feb.1 |
 Libya |
Kidnapped Libya Opec official found The Libyan representative to the oil producers' organisation Opec has been released, more than two weeks after being kidnapped
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| Jan.6 |
 Nigeria Delta |
 Shell agrees Nigeria oil spill deal Map of Bodo Nigeria Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spills
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| Mar.8 |
Eastern Libya |
Libya threatens to bomb oil tanker Map of Sidr Libya Libya's prime minister has threatened to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tries to export oil from a rebel-controlled port
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| Oct.26 |
Algeria |
Algeria announces major oil discovery Algeria's energy minister says a new oil field containing an estimated 1.3 billion barrels has been discovered
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| Jul.31 |
 Congo |
'Oil threat' to Africa's oldest park The conservation group WWF is calling on Soco International to abandon its plans to explore for oil in Africa's oldest national park
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| Jun.8 |
 Sudan |
 Sudan orders South Sudan oil pipeline closed Sudan's official news agency says the country's president has ordered the closure of pipelines exporting South Sudanese oil
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| Sep.26 |
Ethiopia |
Two Sudans 'reach oil agreement'
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| Aug.3 |
Southern Sudan |
Sudan and South Sudan in oil deal
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| Jan.27 |
Southern Sudan |
South Sudan 'nears oil shutdown'
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| Jan.15 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria 'to cut price of petrol' President Goodluck Jonathan has announced an immediate drop in the price of fuel, following a week of strikes and protests
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| Jan.2 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria fury at fuel price rises| Ordinary Nigerians and trade unionists have condemned the government for withdrawing a fuel price subsidy | |
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| Jan.1 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria to remove fuel subsidies
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| Nov.13 |
Libya |
Libya oil production 'recovering'
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| Sep.12 |
 Kenya |
Dozens die in pipeline fire  Map of Nairobi Kenya| A fuel pipeline exploded in a densely populated Nairobi slum Monday morning, killing at least 55 people but likely more | |
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| Aug.17 |
Libya |
 Battle for key Libya oil refinery Libyan forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi are fighting rebels for control of a coastal oil refinery in Zawiya
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| Aug.5 |
Nigeria Delta |
Oil cleanup could take 30 years
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| Jul.14 |
Libya |
Libyan spokesman: 'We will die for oil'
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| Jun.8 |
Eastern Libya |
Libyan rebel group sells first oil to U.S.
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| May.17 |
Tunisia |
Libyan oil minister 'defects'
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| Apr.5 |
Eastern Libya |
Libya rebels to export first oil The first export of oil from rebel-held areas of eastern Libya for almost three weeks is due to begin later
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| Mar.10 |
Eastern Libya |
Rebels forced from Libya oil port Map of Ras Lanuf Libya| The Libyan military worked to wrest control of the key oil port of Ras Lanuf from opposition forces. Rebels are fleeing the oil port of Ras Lanuf after su... | |
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| Jun.8 |
Nigeria |
Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental activist
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| Dec.16 |
Algeria |
Call for record Opec output cut Opec leaders are gathering under pressure from Saudi Arabia to make their biggest ever single cut in output as prices plunge
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| Nov.17 |
Kenya |
  Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker Pirates have seized a giant tanker in the Indian Ocean off the Kenyan coast and are steering it towards Somalia
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| Apr.25 |
Nigeria |
Oil firms cut output Industrial action and attacks from militants have forced Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell to cut their production
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
Pipeline explosion kills at least 260 A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline
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| Nov.22 |
Nigeria |
 Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue Nigerian troops tried to free 7 foreigners abducted from an offshore oil field
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| May.12 |
Nigeria |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 Map of Lagos%3B Nigeria| Vandals are thought to have caused the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lagos; all of them were killed | |
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| Oct.10 |
Nigeria |
Fuel price strike starts A 4-day general strike. More strikes would follow if a 25% increase was not reversed
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| Jun.21 |
Nigeria |
105 killed in oil blast An explosion has killed at least 105 villagers trying to siphon off fuel
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