Oil firms ordered to Niger Delta
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Nigeria's government tells all oil firms that fled militant attacks in the Niger Delta to return or cease work.
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The Foreign Office today advised all British nationals to leave the Niger Delta in Nigeria following a series of kidnappings of foreign oil workers.
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Oil prices slid from record highs above $US50 a barrel Wednesday as the US government reported a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich delta region agreed to a preliminary cease-fire.
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Lagos, Nigeria, Sep. 30 (FIDES/CWNews.com) - Lagos (Fides Service)- The leader of a Nigerian rebel group which has threatened to sabotage oil production in the Niger River delta is in Abuja, the capital of
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Sunday ordered  foreign oil firms operating in its huge Orinoco heavy crude  belt to pay much higher taxes in what President Hugo Chavez  called a drive to tighten sovereign control over petroleum  resources.
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Nigeria&#39;s senior union leaders have called for an indefinite general strike to disrupt oil supplies in the Niger Delta. The strike is a protest against Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, which they said is an &quot;enemy of the Nigerian people&quot;.
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Nigeria's top energy adviser says oil extraction partnerships with foreign firms should be reviewed.
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The Nigerian Senate has ordered Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell to pay 1.5 billion dollars (1.2 billion euros) compensation for damages caused by nearly 60 years of exploration in the Niger Delta, a Senate document said.
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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 prices dropped from record highs  above $50 a barrel on Wednesday as the U.S. government reported  a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's  oil-rich delta region agreed a cease-fire.
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LAGOS, Nigeria - Insurgents in Nigeria&#39;s southern Niger Delta will begin an armed struggle to wrest control of the region&#39;s oil riches from the federal government starting Oct. 1, a rebel spokesman said Tuesday.
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Nigeria's main oil workers unions will meet with President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja to try to end the unrest threatening oil companies in the Niger Delta, labour leaders said.
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Venezuela on Sunday ordered foreign oil firms operating in its huge Orinoco heavy crude belt to pay much higher taxes in what President Hugo Chavez called
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British oil and gas company Tullow Oil announced the discovery of up to 600 million barrels of oil off the Ghanaian coast, illustrating the growing importance of Africa in efforts to quench the world&#39;s thirst for energy.
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Crude futures surged above $52 a barrel yesterday as a possible strike by Nigerian oil workers loomed and petroleum output in the Gulf of Mexico continued to suffer more than two weeks after Hurricane Ivan whipped through the region.
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Hundreds of people invade an oil installation operated by Chevron Texaco in Nigeria's Delta region.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has appointed a special adviser on the volatile oil-rich Niger delta, amid a spate of kidnappings of foreign oil workers in the region.