Airscan

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AirScan is an airborne security and surveilence company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers[1].

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"[2]


Notes

  1. About Airscan, About Us, AirScan.com, Accessed 08-December-2009
  2. Eric Watkins, The extravagant allegation club, Oil & Gas Journal, 10-August-2009, Accessed 08-December-2009 via Nexis UK