Chevron’s rig fire in Nigeria may last 30 days, radio says
Chevron’s rig fire in Nigeria may last 30 days, radio says
Chevron Corp. doesn’t expect to put out a fire that started last month at its offshore Funiwa field in Nigeria within the next 30 days, Radio Nigeria reported.
A Transocean Ltd. rig being brought in to drill a relief well to tackle the fire will arrive in three to four days, Andrew Fawthrop, chief executive officer of the company’s Nigerian unit, told the state-owned service. Drilling the well will take about 30 days, he said.
The blaze began in the middle of January while Chevron was drilling a gas-exploration well at Funiwa, about six miles (9.6 kilometers) from the coast. The fire forced the company to cut output of about 2,000 barrels a day at its North Apoi platform.
Chevron has been slow to put out the fire, which has caused spills in fishing areas of Koluama in the southern Bayelsa state, said Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of Environmental Rights Action, the Nigerian affiliate of Friends of the Earth.
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