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Bombing halts pumping on Colombia’s Cano-Limon oil pipeline

Bombing halts pumping on Colombia’s Cano-Limon oil pipeline

  Cano-Limon attacked by Marxist rebels  BOGOTA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Pumping operations along Colombia’s second most important oil pipeline, the Cano-Limon Covenas, was halted due to a bomb attack by rebels from the Marxist ELN group, a high-ranking military official said on Friday. The attack occurred on Thursday in a rural area of northern El […]

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Colombian crude imported by U.S. refiners to fill void from Canadian, Mexican, Venezuelan producers

Colombian crude imported by U.S. refiners to fill void from Canadian, Mexican, Venezuelan producers

Colombian crude shipped to Louisiana refiner By Liz Hampton and Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, June 3 (Reuters) – The United States has started to import small batches of Colombian crude, an unusual development that underscores at least a temporary shift in the type of heavy oil flowing into U.S. refineries. Typically, U.S. refineries have received their […]