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Monday, August 5, 2013
Chevron hosted the grand opening of its laydown yard in Liberia’s Buchanan sea port recently. The laydown yard will be used by Chevron to mobilize equipment to and from the drillship it is using to explore offshore the country, minimizing the transit time to the rig and back.
Chevron Liberia Manager, Karl Cottrell said his company had a vested interest in the safe development of Liberia’s energy resources and is providing an economic boost the area the laydown yard is located. “We are proud to say that the company is leading the way in the establishment of the key infrastructure for the industry while partnering with critical stakeholders to make meaningful changes to the lives of individuals that have the opportunity to touch,” the Chevron Liberia boss assured.
Head of Liberia’s state-run firm NOCAL, Dr. Rudolph McClain, said that the government and Chevron look forward to a win-win scenario, considering the company’s need to save time, money, and improve logistics while the country has a need to get an improved economy. He did, however, note that there were difficulties involved in the ‘win-win’ and he described the way forward as a very tedious road.
“Even the simple step leading to a laydown yard took some enormous time, as we look at this great first step to ensuring that enormous benefit to Liberians during the exploration, appraiser and the production stages of our oil program. This kind of facility will create the kind of job I talked about.” He did say the yard was just a small step, but it did emphasize the importance of local content and participation in the country’s potential oil and gas industry before the first production is realized.
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