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Oil Worker Dies After Falling Into North Dakota Pit

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A worker from Texas is dead after falling at an oil rig site in North Dakota. Daniel Navarrete, 42, of New Braunfels, Texas, fell through an open hatch Thursday in a pit at a Nabors Industries …

Worker Dies After Part of Houston-Area Oil Rig Falls on Him

A man was killed July 21 when part of an oil rig he was working on fell on him near Houston, officials said. The incident happened in a remote area of the northeastern part of Harris County, 10 miles northeast …

Officials: 3 Dead in Explosion at Old Arkansas Oil Well

Officials say three workers are dead following an explosion at an abandoned oil well near El Dorado in southern Arkansas. Union County Emergency Manager Jerry Thomas says three workers at Long Brothers Oil Company were taking apart a metal tank …

Suspected Colombian Rebels Kidnap 23 Local Oil Workers

Suspected FARC guerrillas have captured 23 Colombian oil contractors carrying out exploration work for Canada’s Talisman Energy in a rare mass kidnapping, authorities said Monday. Colombia, Latin America’s No. 4 oil producer, has recently enjoyed a boom in petroleum and …