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<description><![CDATA[Colombian officials say attackers believed to be leftist rebels have killed five Colombian contractors for the state-owned oil company Ecopetrol at a well in a turbulent southern state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12565289-5-killed-in-assault-on-oil-well-in-colombia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12565289-5-killed-in-assault-on-oil-well-in-colombia</guid><category>colombia</category><category>attack</category><category>well</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><category>oil-well</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:51:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Company plugs blown Wyoming oil well leaking gas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Workers at a blown oil well in eastern Wyoming have capped an eruption of potentially explosive natural gas by pumping mud into the well.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11392131-company-plugs-blown-wyoming-oil-well-leaking-gas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11392131-company-plugs-blown-wyoming-oil-well-leaking-gas</guid><category>us</category><category>leak</category><category>well</category><category>us-news</category><category>oil-well</category><category>niobrara-shale</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:38:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3127f51a-1225-4aef-b4fa-f08b8cde3fab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3127f51a-1225-4aef-b4fa-f08b8cde3fab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the Glenrock Bird shows an out-of-control oil well spewing natural gas a few miles northeast of Douglas in east-central Wyoming on Wednesday April 25, 2012. A blowout occurred at the well Tuesday afternoon. More than 60 people living nearby evacuated from their homes while crews began work to plug the well with drilling mud and avoid an explosion. Nobody was hurt.(AP Photo/Glenrock Bird)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2 killed in oil rig explosion in North Dakota</title>
<description><![CDATA[An explosion at a newly drilled oil well in western North Dakota killed two workers and severely injured two others, officials said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/15/7782700-2-killed-in-oil-rig-explosion-in-north-dakota</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/15/7782700-2-killed-in-oil-rig-explosion-in-north-dakota</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>well</category><category>north-dakota</category><category>us-news</category><category>oil-well</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:40:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pa. oil well celebrates 150th birthday as producer</title>
<description><![CDATA[The world's oldest continually producing oil well has quietly celebrated its 150th birthday in northwestern Pennsylvania.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7396149-pa-oil-well-celebrates-150th-birthday-as-producer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7396149-pa-oil-well-celebrates-150th-birthday-as-producer</guid><category>us</category><category>old</category><category>well</category><category>us-news</category><category>oil-well</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:19:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas firm temporarily plugs leaking ND oil well</title>
<description><![CDATA[A ruptured oil well in western North Dakota was temporarily plugged on Friday after leaking more than 2,400 barrels of crude and water, company officials said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5039862-texas-firm-temporarily-plugs-leaking-nd-oil-well</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5039862-texas-firm-temporarily-plugs-leaking-nd-oil-well</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>leak</category><category>well</category><category>north-dakota</category><category>oil-well</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:31:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ill. oil well explosion kills 2, injures 4 workers</title>
<description><![CDATA[An oil well exploded in southern Illinois on Wednesday, killing two workers and injuring four others, authorities said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/29/2053446-ill-oil-well-explosion-kills-2-injures-4-workers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/29/2053446-ill-oil-well-explosion-kills-2-injures-4-workers</guid><category>explosion</category><category>well</category><category>us-news</category><category>oil-well</category><category>oil-well-explosion</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:03:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 killed in explosions at Ohio oil well</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities say two men have been killed in a pair of explosions at a central Ohio oil well.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/19/2019310-2-killed-in-explosions-at-ohio-oil-well</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/19/2019310-2-killed-in-explosions-at-ohio-oil-well</guid><category>explosion</category><category>us-news</category><category>oil-well</category><category>qap</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:50:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nigeria's first oil well is still source of woe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Harris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Edward Harris]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/05/1641065-nigerias-first-oil-well-is-still-source-of-woe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/05/1641065-nigerias-first-oil-well-is-still-source-of-woe</guid><category>nigeria</category><category>one</category><category>well</category><category>world-news</category><category>oil-well</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:18:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c2976e91-3cd2-4402-8e04-3e49a22f0749.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c2976e91-3cd2-4402-8e04-3e49a22f0749.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Robert Nadioni, a surveyor from Otabagi village gestures as he talks to a reporter beside Oil Well No. 1 near Oloibori, Nigeria, Saturday, May 17, 2008. This unproductive tangle of pipes on a roadside deep in the Nigerian bush is at the center of an increasingly vitriolic competition between two villages seeking sole ownership and naming rights for the well, underscoring the divisive role oil still plays five decades after a beer-fuelled party marking the first gush of Nigerian crude entered local lore. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ed9fdc2f-162a-4537-81e8-7962bf764cb8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ed9fdc2f-162a-4537-81e8-7962bf764cb8.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Men from Otabagi village stand around a cobweb-covered oil well near Oloibori, Nigeria, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Near Oloibori, Oil Well One &amp;#8212; an unproductive tangle of pipes on a roadside deep in the Nigerian bush &amp;#8212; is at the center of an increasingly vitriolic competition between two villages seeking sole ownership and naming rights for the well, underscoring the divisive role oil still plays five decades after a beer-fuelled party marking the first gush of Nigerian crude entered local lore. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d76fdc55-cc16-46ed-b41f-26e0a13c8da1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d76fdc55-cc16-46ed-b41f-26e0a13c8da1.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Robert Nadioni, a surveyor from Otabagi village walks beside Oil Well No. 1 near Oloibori, Nigeria, Sunday, May 18, 2008. This unproductive tangle of pipes on a roadside deep in the Nigerian bush is at the center of an increasingly vitriolic competition between two villages seeking sole ownership and naming rights for the well, underscoring the divisive role oil still plays five decades after a beer-fuelled party marking the first gush of Nigerian crude entered local lore. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6053b311-8396-45a4-99fb-eb0b3d0b404d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6053b311-8396-45a4-99fb-eb0b3d0b404d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tabitha Ebele processes cassava into flour in Oloibori, Nigeria, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Near Oloibori, Oil Well One &amp;#8212; an unproductive tangle of pipes on a roadside deep in the Nigerian bush &amp;#8212; is at the center of an increasingly vitriolic competition between two villages seeking sole ownership and naming rights for the well, underscoring the divisive role oil still plays five decades after a beer-fuelled party marking the first gush of Nigerian crude entered local lore. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6b509257-ab9a-47fd-a9d9-d9863d0107ea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6b509257-ab9a-47fd-a9d9-d9863d0107ea.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Children stand amidst garbage alongside a &quot;No Dumping&quot; sign on the waterside in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Monday, May 19, 2008. Near the village of Oloibori, Oil Well One &amp;#8212; an unproductive tangle of pipes on a roadside deep in the Nigerian bush &amp;#8212; is at the center of an increasingly vitriolic competition between two villages seeking sole ownership and naming rights for the well, underscoring the divisive role oil still plays five decades after a beer-fuelled party marking the first gush of Nigerian crude entered local lore. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>