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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...them first crack at Iraq's 112 billion barrels of known oil - worth at least $3 trillion at today's prices - as well as unexplored fields. Non-U.S. firms have over 30 deals with Iraq waiting to take effect when sanctions are lifted; France's TotalFinaElf, Spain's Repsol, and Italy's Eni all have Iraqi interests worth millions of dollars. But Russia is king: in the Qurna oil field alone, Russia's Lukoil holds a majority stake in at least 11 billion barrels. When President Vladimir Putin hardened his antiwar stance last week during British Prime Minister Tony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Putin Has the U.N. over a Barrel | 10/13/2002 | See Source »

...Quito Nearly five months after their abduction, seven foreign oil workers were freed in a jungle region of Ecuador. The men-four Americans, a New Zealander, a Chilean and an Argentine, were taken from an oilfield owned by Repsol YPF, a Spanish-Argentine company. Their employers paid a $13 million ransom before they were set free. The abductions have been attributed to either Colombian guerrillas or "common criminals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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