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Escravos Terminal Attacked

Friday, May 27, 2016

Chevron saw another attack on its facilities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. According to reports out of the West African country, the Niger Delta Avengers attacked Chevron’s Escravos terminal, shutting in operations.

The Niger Delta Avengers has told oil firms to leave the delta before the end of May in previous warnings. The groups’ latest post on Twitter said “We warned Chevron….but they didn’t listen.”

The militant group said it blew up the main electricity feed pipeline to the Escravos tank farm.


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