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| Oil companies getting suicide attack threats |
| 2007-08-19 |
| Unidentified militants in NWFP's Karak district have threatened some international oil exploration companies working in the area with suicide attacks if they did not withdraw Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel from their offices. "The heads of some international oil exploration companies have told me that unidentified militants had sent letters and made threatening phone calls to them to withdraw the official security from their offices or face suicide attacks," Maulana Shah Abdul Aziz, member of the National Assembly from Karak and chairman of a local committee of oil explorers, told Daily Times on Saturday. He said that Schlumberger, Mool and Tilo ? all international oil exploration companies ? had been threatened with suicide attacks. He added that Chinese company BJP, which is conducting a seismic survey in the area, had also been sent written threats. Aziz said the companies had successfully explored four wells of crude oil in the area and three of them were under construction. He added that the four wells were producing 5,000 barrels of crude oil and 70 million cubic feet of natural gas every day. He said that more than 3,000 workers of these companies were engaged in the area. Aziz said the companies were considering leaving the area due to the threats. "These companies are working for the prosperity of Pakistan so I, my Khattak tribe and some other local tribes have assured them of full security. I am also contacting the federal and provincial authorities in this regard," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 We don't need no foreigh workers in our soon-to-be Islamic Paradise. No oil, neither. Just the Innernet and cell phones to communicate with our Brother Lions of Islam™. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-08-19 17:46 |