Monday, May 14, 2007

Hercules to evacuate workers from Nigeria

(Reuters) - Drilling company Hercules Offshore Inc. said on Monday it would evacuate all nonessential expatriate workers from Nigeria and temporarily stop operating liftboats for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. due to unrest in the country.

The company said it had developed a security plan with Chevron that called for Hercules to evacuate some staff and move 10 liftboats to a more protected part of Nigeria and stop operating them.


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