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Fbi warns texas oil industry of possible attack Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=4660936 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=4660936 FBI Warns Texas Oil Industry of Possible Attack Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:23 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI warned the Texas oil industry of possible terror attacks around elections this November, but it has no specific, corroborated details of any potential threats, FBI and industry sources said on Thursday. An FBI official said the advisory, based on intelligence the FBI has received, went to the industry and law enforcement officials in Texas "out of an abundance of caution." The official said the FBI in the past year processed 7,000 threats, and added, "These communications go out on a daily basis." The official declined to give details of the advisory. But a petroleum industry source in Texas who has seen the notification said, "The alert mentioned threats to pipelines and facilities in Texas to coincide with the election in November." The source said there have been at least a half dozen of these types of warnings from the FBI in Texas since last summer. U.S. retail gasoline prices soared to a record-high this week on tight supplies. Any damage to a major refinery or pipeline would constrict supplies even more. But news of the FBI alert had little impact on U.S. crude oil prices on Thursday, which fell sharply on reports that OPEC was having trouble carrying out a planned cut in production. Traders said such security alerts appeared to be relatively common. Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in Washington and New York, U.S. oil refineries have adopted tougher security measures that include more scrutiny of visitors. The Houston Chronicle first disclosed the advisory, which it said went out on Wednesday. The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association said it asked its Texas members to be more vigilant about security after the warning. Maurice McBride, director for security with the trade group, said the FBI and other federal agencies were still analyzing the intelligence information they received about a possible attack. "We've talked with the FBI and there's not much more that is going to be said," McBride said. The oil refiners trade group is asking members to "be more watchful and vigilant, as circumstances permit," McBride said. "I'm very confident that they are doing virtually everything that should be done. Protecting themselves is in their own self-interest." The FBI was meeting with oil industry officials to discuss the threat, but it is the latest of a series of meetings about security, McBride said. "The FBI in Houston meets regularly with the oil industry. It's not like there is a special briefing that has been called," he said. "The oil industry generally is something that Middle Eastern terrorists know about," McBride said. "We (U.S. refineries and pipelines) are something that is on their minds," McBride said. An FBI official said, "We continue to receive information of potential threats and terrorist activities." The official emphasized the intelligence about Texas was "unconfirmed and uncorroborated."

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