Saturday, 23-June-2007
Almotamar Net - The governor of Shabwa, Yemen said Saturday a Yemeni security guard  Yemeni security guard at a U.S.-run oil installation in Yemen opened fire on colleagues on Saturday, killing an Indian engineer and wounding five others. Almotamar.net -
The governor of Shabwa, Yemen said Saturday a Yemeni security guard Yemeni security guard at a U.S.-run oil installation in Yemen opened fire on colleagues on Saturday, killing an Indian engineer and wounding five others.

Two British workers, one American and two Yemeni pilots were hurt when Jamil Mohammed al-Raai began firing indiscriminately at the installation run by U.S. oil and gas firm Occidental Petroleum Corp in Shabwa, a security said.
Raai was seized by Yemeni security forces. Preliminary investigations showed he was suffering from psychological problems, the source added.
Yemen, an independent oil producer, pumps around 450,000 barrels per day. Yemen signed a production-sharing agreement with Occidental in March for a block in Shabwa province.

Yemen, which joined the U.S.-led war on terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has suffered several militant attacks on its oil installations.

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