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Romanians stand behing an anti-Chevron banner reading 'We don't want poison, stop Chevron massacre' during a protest against the shale gas exploition in Barlad city, 250 km northeast from Bucharest, on March 22, 2012. Over 1,500 people from around Barlad city gathered to protest against US oil group Chevron which has a concession covering 600,000 hectares in the eastern Barlad region and plans to drill the first exploration well in the second half of 2012, depending on licensing. Canadian group Sterling Resources and Hungary's MOL are also interested in exploiting shale gas. The head of the national agency for mineral resources (NAMR) is in the early stages of a survey to assess reserves but a study in the United States has estimated joint reserves in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary at about 538 billion cubic metres.

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  • Charges to be filed against Chevron in Brazil

    escaped through at least seven narrow fissures on the ocean floor, all within 160 feet (50 meters) of the well head.Last week, Chevron confirmed "small new oil seepage" in the Frade field. The size of the new leak isn't known, and Brazil's National Petroleum   Read more »

  • Ecuadorean judge in Chevron case dismissed

    -- The judge who ruled against Chevron Corp. in an $18 billion environmental damage case has been dismissed for improperly freeing an alleged drug trafficker.A resolution by Ecuador's Board of Judges obtained by The Associated Press says Nicolas Zambrano and   Read more »

  • Chevron: Fire at rig off Nigeria has stopped

    to monitor the Funiwa field off the coast of Nigeria's Bayelsa state to make sure it did not start again.The fire at the Chevron rig began Jan. 16 and had burned unstopped until Friday. Chevron only confirmed the fire had been extinguished Tuesday.Johnson   Read more »

  • Rising gas prices aren't lifting big oil stocks

    safety in the biggest and most stable stocks, Chevron shares rose 20 percent while the S&P; finished virtually unchanged.Chevron is the largest holding at Dowd's fund, recently making up 15 percent of the portfolio. He says bigger oil stocks are investing   Read more »

  • Brazil judge denies injunction against Chevron

    represented "real and imminent danger to society," as the prosecutors had argued.He also said the injunction would punish the two companies before they could defend themselves in court.Neither the prosecutors' office or Chevron had immediate comment.   Read more »

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About Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is the world's fourth largest non-government energy company. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, USA, and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron is one of the world's six "supermajor" oil companies.

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