Colombian Rebels Kidnap 23 Oil Workers For Talisman Energy
08 March 2011 - 1:54PM
Dow Jones News
Colombian rebels on Monday kidnapped 23 oil workers for Canadian
energy firm Talisman Energy Inc (TLM, TLM.T) Monday, a local
spokesman for the company said.
Tomas Rueda, a Talisman spokesman, told RCN Radio station the
workers were all Colombian nationals, and weren't direct employees
of the company but were doing subcontracting work.
The kidnapping reportedly took place in a region called Guerima
in the state of Vichada.
Rueda said it wasn't clear whether Colombia's largest rebel
group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was
responsible for the kidnapping.
"The authorities haven't confirmed that," he said.
Local officials in the area weren't immediately available to
comment.
Talisman, along with state-run oil firm Ecopetrol (EC,
ECOPETROL.BO) in January completed a planned purchase of the
Colombian assets of BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) for $1.75 billion.
-By Dan Molinski, Dow Jones Newswires; 57-310-867-6542;
dan.molinski@dowjones.com
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