Chevron shuts down around 90,000 barrels per day of oil production on Tuesday at its Nigerian joint venture following an attack on one of its pipelines last Friday. "Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) confirms that one of its pipelines was breached and its onshore production was shut in in Delta state on Friday, November 14," the company said. "Repair plans are being prepared and it would be premature to estimate completion time," it said in a statement.



Delta state is one of three main states in the Niger Delta, a network of mangrove creeks which are home to Africa's biggest oil and gas industry. Attacks by militants and criminal gangs have cut oil output in the region by a fifth since early 2006...more...