Nigerian leaders warn against crackdown in Delta as Chevron attacked
YENAGOA/LONDON- Chevron's onshore operations in Nigeria's Niger Delta have been shut by a militant attack at its Escravos terminal, sources said on Thursday, and local leaders said military confrontation would not end the violence.
A militant group called the Niger Delta Avengers, which has told oil firms to leave the Delta before the end of May, said late on Wednesday that it had blown up the facility's mains electricity feed. Its attacks have hobbled oil output over the past month.
A company source told Reuters that "all activities in Chevron are grounded" onshore while oil industry sources said roughly 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Escravos were gone due to the latest attack and another on Chevron's offshore facilities earlier this month. Planned Escravos exports in the first half of 2016 averaged 167,000 bpd.
