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Chevron restores output in Nigerian facility
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Petroleumworld.com 06 27 07US oil group Chevron has resumed operations at its facility in southern Nigeria that was shut down two weeks ago because of community unrest, a spokesman said Tuesday.
"We have restored the output of 42,000 barrels of crude per day at the Abiteye flowstation," the company spokesman told AFP.
Around 20 youths occupied the 70,000-barrel-capacity facility on June 17, cutting back 42,000 barrels in daily production.
Industry sources said that the villagers were demanding jobs, money and social amenities from the US oil giant.
Last month, Chevron was forced to shut in 15,000 barrels of crude per day at its Funiwa oilfield in nearby Bayelsa state after the kidnapping of four Italians, an American and a Croatian. The men were later released.
Chevron is Nigeria's third largest operator, accounting for some 360,000 bpd of the country's total output of 2.6 million barrels, a quarter of which is lost to unrest in the Niger delta.
AFP 26 1012 GMT 06 07
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