Another explosion cripples Chevron's Makaraba oilfield in Delta State

Another explosion cripples Chevron's Makaraba oilfield in Delta State

Another explosion rocked Chevron Nigeria Limited’s facility in the oil rich Niger Delta on Friday.

The company had in the last few weeks recorded several attacks on its facilities.

Friday’s attack occurred in the Makaraba line operated by the oil firm in Warri, Delta State.

The Nation gathered that unknown persons detonated explosive on Oil Wellhead 10 on the Makaraba field.

Sources said Chevron had declared force majeure on the facility since last Wednesday’s attack on the offshore Okan manifold.

Friday’s attack, our correspondents gathered, was carried out by persons specifically engaged by contractors to work on damaged oil pipelines in the area.

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-Nation