Chevron has evacuated all of its American oil workers from Iraq following last week's US airstrike in Baghdad. The oil giant called it a precautionary measure.
Chevron , America's No. 2 oil company, said in a statement Monday that as a"precautionary measure" its expatriate employees and contractors have left the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq"for the time being." Chevron does not have oil workers elsewhere in Iraq."The safety of our people and facilities is Chevron's top priority globally," a Chevron spokeswoman told CNN Business.
US drone strike ordered by Trump kills top Iranian commander in BaghdadExxon Mobil, a major US oil company, has operations in southern Iraq. Britain's BP and Anglo-Dutch company Royal Dutch Shell also work in the region.In a statement Friday, Exxon said it was"closely monitoring the situation" and that it"has programs and measures in place to provide security to protect its people, operations and facilities.
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