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Angola leaves OPEC over a dispute on crude oil production quotas.
2023-12-21

Russia's Lukoil begins shipping crude oil from Murmansk to Madre de Deus, Brazil.
2023-09-8

Belarus threatens to take oil from the Druzhba pipeline which carries Russian oil to central Europe across its territory, if Russia does not supply it with the required volumes of crude oil. Russian oil supplies to Belarus have not been agreed for 2020 and shipments have dwindled to 500,000 tonnes, down from a planned 2 million tonnes.
2020-02-14

The competition regulators of the European Union have halted their investigation into a prospective acquisition of Baker Hughes by Halliburton, effectively freezing any such combination between two giant providers of oilfield services.
2016-03-21

The price of crude oil drops to $48 per barrel, the lowest since April of 2009.
2015-01-6

2013 Mayflower oil spill: An Exxon Mobil crude oil pipeline ruptures near the town of Mayflower in the U.S. state of Arkansas, spilling thousands of barrels from the tar sands.
2013-03-31

The price of crude oil falls on world markets due to the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi and bleak global economic outlook.
2011-08-22

Qatar recognizes Libyan rebels as the representative of the Libyan people, after a deal to market crude oil.
2011-03-28

Crude oil prices rise to their highest levels in two years as stock market indexes fall in Europe and the United States due to continued uncertainty in the Middle East.
2011-02-28

"The Guardian" publishes WikiLeaks cables claiming that Saudi Arabia had exaggerated its crude oil reserves by nearly 40% and will have trouble keeping a cap on oil prices.
2011-02-9