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| Dec.29 |
 South Korea |
South Korea seizes ship it claims transferred oil to North Korea 
South Korea has seized a Hong Kong-registered ship that allegedly transferred oil to a North Korean vessel in violation of United Nations sa...
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| Dec.10 |
USA |
Trump presidency: Exxon's Rex Tillerson for top diplomat? |
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| Dec.4 |
U. S. Midwest |
US Army refuses N Dakota pipeline access |
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| Nov.30 |
Austria |
Opec countries agree first oil output cut in eight years |
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| Sep.28 |
Algeria |
Oil rallies after Opec ministers announce output cut |
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| May.16 |
 Western Canada |
Workers evacuated from 12 Alberta oil camps due to wildfire 
About 4,000 workers from oil camps north of Canada's main oil sands city are being ordered to evacuate because of an approaching wildfire
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| Nov.30 |
 Paris |
Russia says Turkey 'shot down plane for IS oil' Vladimir Putin has accused Turkey of shooting down its warplane near the border with Syria in order to protect its oil trade with the Islamic State group
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| Nov.6 |
 Washington |
US rejects Keystone XL pipeline from Canada US President Barack Obama has announced he is rejecting an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada
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| Jan.6 |
Nigeria Delta |
Shell agrees Nigeria oil spill deal |
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| Nov.27 |
 Austria |
Oil prices plunge after Opec meeting Map of Vienna Austria| The price of oil slumped after the Opec oil producers' cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna | |
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| Oct.20 |
Moscow |
Total oil company CEO dies in Moscow plane crash The CEO of French oil giant Total SA Christophe de Margerie was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine at Vnukovo...
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| Jul.4 |
Cairo |
Egypt raises fuel and energy costs |
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| Jun.23 |
Northern Iraq |
Iraq crisis: Key oil refinery 'seized by rebels'
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| Jun.19 |
Northern Iraq |
Battle for key Iraqi oil refinery |
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| Jun.18 |
Northern Iraq |
Militants driven back from nation's main oil refinery |
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| Apr.13 |
UN |
World must end 'dirty' fuel use - UN |
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| Mar.8 |
Eastern Libya |
Libya threatens to bomb oil tanker |
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| Nov.23 |
 China |
Death toll in China oil pipeline blast rises to 52 people Rescuers have found more bodies at the scene of oil pipeline blasts in eastern China, in one of the country's worst industrial accidents this...
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| Nov.22 |
China |
Pipeline explosion kills 22 in China, report says |
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| May.7 |
China |
Oil rises toward $96 as China trade improves |
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| Feb.27 |
Alaska |
Shell halts Arctic drilling for 2013 |
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| Jan.31 |
 Mexico |
Mexico City blast at Pemex, state oil giant, kills 25 Map of Mexico City Mexico| At least 25 people have died and more than 100 were injured in Mexico City after an explosion at the headquarters of state oil company, Pemex. An unknown number remain trapped in the rubble at the base of the 54-storey tower. Searches... | |
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| Jan.3 |
Washington |
Transocean agrees oil spill fine |
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| Nov.28 |
Washington |
BP banned from new US contracts |
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| Nov.2 |
New York |
Fuel shortage hits Sandy recovery
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| Aug.31 |
Venezuela |
Fire-hit Venezuela plant reopens |
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| Aug.25 |
 Venezuela |
Blast halts Venezuela refinery A huge explosion at the Amuay plant, Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, has killed at least 24 people and halted production for two days
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| Mar.2 |
Louisiana |
BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal |
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| Feb.19 |
Iran |
Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France
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| Jan.18 |
Washington |
US rejects Keystone XL oil pipeline |
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| Jan.15 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria 'to cut price of petrol' |
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| Jan.11 |
Japan |
Japan 'to cut Iran oil imports' |
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| Jan.4 |
European Union |
Europe moves to ban Iran crude oil |
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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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| Dec.28 |
Gulf |
U.S.: Iran blocking Hormuz unacceptable'
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| Dec.17 |
Russian Far East |
Russia oil rig capsizes under tow |
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| Dec.16 |
Kazakhstan |
Clashes hit Kazakh oil strike town
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House of Representatives |
US taxes and pipeline deal struck |
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| Sep.12 |
Kenya |
Dozens die in pipeline fire
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| Aug.17 |
Libya |
Battle for key Libya oil refinery |
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| Apr.20 |
United Kingdom |
BP sues Gulf oil spill companies |
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| Apr.5 |
Eastern Libya |
Libya rebels to export first oil |
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| Mar.10 |
 Eastern Libya |
Rebels forced from Libya oil port The Libyan military worked to wrest control of the key oil port of Ras Lanuf from opposition forces
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| Feb.14 |
Ecuador |
Huge fine in Amazon pollution case |
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| Jan.14 |
London |
BP and Russia in Arctic oil deal |
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| Jan.1 |
Siberia |
Russia-China oil pipeline opens |
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| Dec.15 |
Washington |
U.S. to sue BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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| Sep.19 |
Louisiana |
Gulf well permanently plugged, U.S. says
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| Aug.4 |
Louisiana |
Majority of BP spill 'dealt with' |
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| Aug.3 |
Louisiana |
BP starts 'static kill' on well
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| Jul.27 |
 United Kingdom |
BP ousts CEO Hayward Tony Hayward will step down amid ongoing outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and will be replaced by American Robert Dudley
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| Jul.24 |
Louisiana |
Oil spill vessels return to site |
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| Jul.17 |
Louisiana |
BP oil well 'withstands pressure' |
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| Jul.15 |
Louisiana |
BP says oil has stopped leaking BP says it has temporarily stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking well, the first time the flow has stopped since an explosion
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| Jul.13 |
Louisiana |
BP starting pressure test on well |
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| Jul.12 |
Louisiana |
BP installs new sealing cap on leaking well |
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| Jul.9 |
Louisiana |
BP in fresh bid to plug oil leak |
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| Jun.16 |
U.S. Congress |
US Congress set to grill BP chief
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| Jun.15 |
Washington |
Obama in national address on oil
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| Jun.10 |
Louisiana |
Oil leak was 'greater than estimated'
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| Jun.4 |
Louisiana |
BP fits cap but yet to stop leak in Gulf
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| May.29 |
Louisiana |
'Top kill' BP operation to halt oil leak fails |
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| May.27 |
Louisiana |
Work resumes to plug US oil well
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| May.26 |
Louisiana |
BP says 'top kill' plug going to plan |
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| May.24 |
Washington |
US toughens talk over Gulf spill |
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| May.12 |
House of Representatives |
Deepwater Horizon preventer 'faulty'
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| May.8 |
Louisiana |
Setback in oil containment bid |
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| May.1 |
Louisiana |
Weather hampers oil slick clean-up |
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| Apr.29 |
Louisiana |
Oil reaches coast in US disaster
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| Apr.25 |
Louisiana |
Efforts to stop leak after oil rig explosion
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| Apr.21 |
Louisiana |
Oil spill after blast on oil rig A 'catastrophic' explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico engulfed the drilling platform in flames
| At least 11 missing after blast. Massive oil spill is the largest offshore spill in U.S. history and among the largest oil spills in history. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher
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| Jun.8 |
Nigeria |
Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims |
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| Dec.16 |
Algeria |
Call for record Opec output cut |
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| Nov.17 |
Kenya |
Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker |
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| Oct.31 |
Western Canada |
3rd pipeline bombing in month |
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| Sep.9 |
Austria |
Oil falls as Opec ministers meet
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| Jul.17 |
USA |
Gore challenges US to ditch oil |
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| Jul.11 |
New York |
Oil price per barrel reached $147.02| OPEC's president predicted prices may reach $170 by the Northern summer | |
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| Jun.30 |
New York |
Oil price surges above $143 a barrel |
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| Jun.22 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia to increase oil output
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| Jun.21 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudis to host oil price summit
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| Jun.18 |
Washington |
Bush calls for offshore drilling President George W Bush has called on Congress to end a 27-year ban on drilling for oil in coastal waters, to reduce dependence on imports
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| Jun.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi oil output to rise in July |
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| Jun.8 |
Japan |
G8: Oil prices could spur global recession |
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| Jun.7 |
Japan |
Oil crisis dominates G8 meeting
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| Jun.6 |
New York |
Oil price soars as US woes mount The price of oil has made a record jump to nearly $139 a barrel, gaining more than $10 - its biggest-ever one-day rise
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| May.22 |
New York |
Oil soars to new record over $135 The price of oil is more than twice what it cost a year ago. The latest surge was driven by fallen US supplies of crude
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| Apr.30 |
Iran |
Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades |
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| Apr.25 |
Nigeria |
Oil firms cut output |
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| Dec.21 |
Venezuela |
Chavez proposes oil barter scheme |
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| Dec.7 |
South Korea |
Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea
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| Nov.21 |
Singapore |
Oil nudges $99 a barrel
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| Nov.8 |
Brazil |
Oil discovery rocks Brazil |
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| Jun.26 |
Tehran |
Protests fuel rationing |
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| Jun.7 |
Oman |
Cyclone pounds Mideast oil region |
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| Jan.8 |
European Union |
Russia oil row hits Europe supply Oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine have been cut amid a row between Belarus and Moscow
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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 |
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| Oct.19 |
Qatar |
Opec approves cut in oil output |
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| Jul.13 |
USA |
Record oil price of $78.40 per barrel Due in part to N. Korea's missile launches, Middle East Crisis, Iranian nuclear brinkmanship
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| May.12 |
Nigeria |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200
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| Apr.21 |
New York |
Oil breaks through record $75
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| Dec.29 |
Northern Iraq |
Death threats cut oil flow |
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| May.25 |
Azerbaijan |
Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens
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| Dec.19 |
Moscow |
Yukos unit fetches $9bn at auction |
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| Dec.16 |
Gulf |
Bin Laden tape urges oil attack |
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| Oct.22 |
New York |
Oil price rises above $55 a barrel
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| Oct.10 |
Nigeria |
Fuel price strike starts |
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| Sep.27 |
New York |
Oil rises to $50 Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed U.S. crude oil futures to the psychological level
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| Aug.20 |
New York |
Oil nears key $50-a-barrel mark |
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| Jun.3 |
Beirut |
Opec 'to increase output by 8%' |
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| May.31 |
Saudi Arabia |
Oil price surge after siege |
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| Apr.24 |
Iraq |
Blasts target oil terminals |
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| Aug.16 |
Iraq |
Fire halts flow of oil |
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| Jun.21 |
Nigeria |
105 killed in oil blast |
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| Apr.28 |
Iraq |
Ex-oil minister gives up |
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| Jan.12 |
Austria |
OPEC to raise daily oil output |
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| Dec.18 |
Venezuela |
Strike strangles oil exports |
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| Mar.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
World's biggest oil rig sinks |
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| Jul. 9, 1839 |
Upstate New York |
John D. Rockefeller born Map of Richford New York USA| John Davison Rockefeller Sr was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company | |
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