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AirScan is a Florida Based<ref>Pamela Hess, Iraq oil attacked 196 times since war, ''UPI'', 20-January-2005, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref> airborne security and surveilence company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers<ref>About Airscan, [http://www.airscan.com/about.html About Us], AirScan.com, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>. Airscan are one of the few private operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the world<ref>Spotlight, Private Security for Pipelines?, ''Africa Energy Intelligence'', 17-November-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>.
 
AirScan is a Florida Based<ref>Pamela Hess, Iraq oil attacked 196 times since war, ''UPI'', 20-January-2005, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref> airborne security and surveilence company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers<ref>About Airscan, [http://www.airscan.com/about.html About Us], AirScan.com, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>. Airscan are one of the few private operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the world<ref>Spotlight, Private Security for Pipelines?, ''Africa Energy Intelligence'', 17-November-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>.
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Airscan had a contract to watch over Chevron's facilities in Cabinda, Angola<ref>Spotlight, Private Security for Pipelines?, ''Africa Energy Intelligence'', 17-November-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>.
  
 
==Canada==
 
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In September 2008 Airscan were awarded a further $165 million contract by the US Army for surveillance support services in Iraq<ref>US Fed News, U.S. Army Awards $165 Million Contract to AirScan for Surveillance Support, ''US Fed News'', 13-September-2008, Accessed 08-Decmber-2009 via Nexis UK</ref>.
 
In September 2008 Airscan were awarded a further $165 million contract by the US Army for surveillance support services in Iraq<ref>US Fed News, U.S. Army Awards $165 Million Contract to AirScan for Surveillance Support, ''US Fed News'', 13-September-2008, Accessed 08-Decmber-2009 via Nexis UK</ref>.
 
==Nigeria==
 
 
Airscan had a contract to watch over Chevron's facilities in Cabinda, Nigeria<ref>Spotlight, Private Security for Pipelines?, ''Africa Energy Intelligence'', 17-November-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>.
 
 
  
  

Revision as of 05:55, 9 December 2009

AirScan is a Florida Based[1] airborne security and surveilence company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers[2]. Airscan are one of the few private operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the world[3].

Angola

Airscan had a contract to watch over Chevron's facilities in Cabinda, Angola[4].

Canada

Canadian mining firms have worked with Airscan[5].

Colombia

According to Eric Watkins of the Oil & Gas Journal:

"In 2003, Alberto Galvis sought punitive damages from Occidental Petroleum for the deaths of his mother, a sister, and a cousin, who were among 18 civilians killed when a Colombian military helicopter dropped a bomb on a village near the Cano Limon Pipeline in an antiguerrilla operation.
Occidental was named in the lawsuit because pilots of AirScan (a security firm Occidental used to protect its oil interests) mapped targets for the Colombian military.
Occidental Petroleum denied any responsibility either for the bombing or for the deaths of the civilians"[6]

According to a report in Politics and Government Week:

"According to the LA Times, a security firm hired by Occidental to monitor guerrilla movements (another U.S. company known as AirScan) provided coordinates to Colombian military pilots when they dropped cluster bombs on Santo Domingo, a village near one of the company's pipelines. Seventeen civilians, including seven children, died in the attack"[7].

Iraq

Airscan were subcontracted by Erinys International to provide night time aerial surveillence of Iraqi oil pipelines, according to Energy Compass:

"Erinys was the major security provider, but subcontracted some work to Security Application of Indiana, while Florida's AirScan provided night air surveillance"[8].

In September 2008 Airscan were awarded a further $165 million contract by the US Army for surveillance support services in Iraq[9].


Affiliations

Occidental Pertroleum | Erinys International


Notes

  1. Pamela Hess, Iraq oil attacked 196 times since war, UPI, 20-January-2005, Accessed 08-December-2009
  2. About Airscan, About Us, AirScan.com, Accessed 08-December-2009
  3. Spotlight, Private Security for Pipelines?, Africa Energy Intelligence, 17-November-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009
  4. Spotlight, Private Security for Pipelines?, Africa Energy Intelligence, 17-November-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009
  5. David Pugliese, Soldiers of fortune: In the lawless reality of much of the post-Cold War world, private security is a booming business. And Canada, once noted for peacekeeping, is emerging as a source of talented guns for hire, Ottawa Citizen, 12-November-2005, Accessed 08-December-2009
  6. Eric Watkins, The extravagant allegation club, Oil & Gas Journal, 10-August-2009, Accessed 08-December-2009 via Nexis UK
  7. Expanded Reporting, Steelworkers Join Los Angeles Activists in Demanding Occidental Petroleum Stop its Complicity of Human Rights Abuses in Colombia, Politics & Government Week, 4-August-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009 via Nexis UK
  8. Feature Stories, Iraq: Guarding the oil, Energy Compass, 17-December-2004, Accessed 08-December-2009
  9. US Fed News, U.S. Army Awards $165 Million Contract to AirScan for Surveillance Support, US Fed News, 13-September-2008, Accessed 08-Decmber-2009 via Nexis UK