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Somali Pirates seize Saudi-owned super-tanker

blackbeard | 17.11.2008 23:23

Pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned super-tanker fully laden with oil off east Africa

Pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned super-tanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a zone where Somali pirates strike almost daily. The US Fifth Fleet said the Sirius Star was being taken to the pirate haven of Eyl, on the Somali coast, on Monday. It was captured 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya.

The vessel held a cargo of as much as two million barrels of oil — more than one quarter of Saudi Arabia’s daily exports. It is owned by Saudi Aramco.

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any chance?

18.11.2008 00:56

any chance of a pirate oil company?
BPirates?
essARR?
ARRoil?
I'd love to buy from an oil company run by pirates.
yeah they kill hundreds of innocent people. but their alot more ethical than Shell, BP, esso etc.

lolhuman