chevron | Pilot Africa News

Groups hail ECOWAS Court judgement holding Nigerian govt., multination...

December 17, 2012 no comments

A judgement by the West African region ECOWAS court which holds the Nigerian government and multinationals responsible for years of pollution in the oil-rich Niger Delta is being hailed by activists ...

NOSDRA wants Chevron fined $3 billion for 46-day rig fire

August 16, 2012 no comments

Nigeria’s oil spill agency is demanding that oil giant, Chevron Corp. (CVX), pay a $3 billion penalty for a rig explosion that caused a 46-day fire off Nigeria’s delta coast. Speaking in an int...

New draft of 200-page PIB to be finalised this week – sources

May 24, 2012 no comments

A new draft of the long awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be finalised this week, sources are cited in a Reuters report as saying on Thursday. According to the report, the 200-page bill, whi...

Nigeria renews oil licenses for Shell, Chevron

May 23, 2012 no comments

Reuters – Nigeria expects to renew huge onshore oil licenses with U.S. firm Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell by June, the oil minister said on Tuesday, following Exxon Mobil’s renewal in Feb...

Chevron offshore rig fire started on 16 January, burned for 46 days

Chevron must pay $3 billion for 46-day fire – NOSDRA

May 19, 2012 no comments

Peter Idabor, head of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency said on Thursday that American oil giant, Chevron, must pay a whopping $3 billion fine to the Nigerian Federal Government fo...

US Supreme Court won’t hear case against Chevron

April 23, 2012 no comments

The United States Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by 19 Nigerians seeking to hold oil producing giant, Chevron, responsible for deaths in the Niger Delta under a US anti-torture law. Accordin...

Chevron fire no longer burning after 46 days

March 6, 2012 no comments

After 46 days, the deadly fire that razed a Chevron Corp. rig off the southern coast of oil rich Nigeria has stopped, the company said in a press release Monday. According to the statement, the fire ...

Chevron offshore rig fire “may burn for months”

February 22, 2012 no comments

BBC – A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, Chevron has told the BBC. Two workers died after January’s ex...

Ongoing Chevron rig fire causing health problems, Delta officials say

February 6, 2012 no comments

The ongoing fire that engulfed and destroyed a Chevron natural gas rig off the Nigerian oil-rich southern coast is now destroying sea life and making locals in the area sick, officials in the Delta s...

Indian, French workers die in ongoing Chevron fire off Nigerian coast

January 25, 2012 no comments

LAGOS, Nigeria — Chevron Corp. says it is still trying to extinguish a nine-day old fire that consumed the visible part of its rig off Nigeria’s coast and killed two foreign workers. Chevron said Tue...

1 2 Next »