VOL. XLVI

No 12

24-March-2003

OPEC

Nigerian Violence Forces Shell And ChevronTexaco To Shut-In 266,000 B/D

Ethnic violence in Nigerias Niger Delta region has forced Shell and ChevronTexaco to shut-in 266,000 b/d between them and for ChevronTexaco to declare force majeure on March and April exports. Shell announced on 19 March that as a precautionary measure, personnel had been evacuated from its facilities in the Northern Swamp operations area, and that it had also shut in total production of...