Global InformationRaid on Abole oil exploration facility information
| Abole raid | |||||
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| Part of Insurgency in Ogaden | |||||
 Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Somali region. | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 EthiopiaChinese oil workers |
 Ogaden National Liberation Front | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 100 soldiers | 200 militiamen | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 65 Ethiopian soldiers, 9 Chinese killed | |||||
The raid on Abole oil exploration facility occurred in the early morning of 24 April 2007, when gunmen of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) attacked the oil exploration facility in the town of Abole, 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Degehabur, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The facility was operated by Zhongyuan Petroleum Exploration Bureau (ZPEB), a subsidiary of the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) which was contracted on behalf of Malaysian oil and gas multinational Petronas.[1]
The Abole attack came just as Ethiopian forces across the border in the Somalian capital Mogadishu were involved in fierce fighting with insurgents.[2] 65 Ethiopian soldiers and nine Chinese workers working for the ZPEB were killed in the attack.[3][4][5]
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