OU last March and it hangs from the Lloyd Noble Center rafters.

In six-plus campaigns with the Los Angeles Clippers, Griffin owns career averages of 21.4 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game while shooting .518 from the field. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2011.

To explore options on how to contribute to the Blake Griffin Performance Center, contact the Sooner Club at (405) 325-8000.

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OU Head Men's Basketball Coach Lon Kruger :

"The Blake Griffin Performance Center will be an incredible resource for our program and student-athletes to further their development. We are so grateful for Blake's vision and generosity through his contribution to this project. The facility will be one of the best in the country and we are so appreciative of the impactAntioquia.

The 480-mile (800 km) Ocensa pipeline transports 365,000 barrels a day of crude from the Cusiana and Cupiagua fields in the northeastern province of Casanare to the Caribbean. The fields are operated by BP Amoco

The Colombia line transports 110,000 barrels a day.

The country's second largest pipeline, the 115,000-bpd Cano Limon, has been virtually paralyzed since Feb. 17 due to a sabotage campaign by rebels waging a 37-year-old war against the government.

The attacks on Cano Limon were largely responsible for a fall in Colombia's oil output to 560,400 barrels per day in May, down from 689,400 barrels per day in the same month of 2000.

The Ocensa pipeline was out of action for one day in March due to a bomb attack.

Colombia is Latin America's fifth-largest oil exporter and crude