Workers protest at Chevron terminal, demand inclusion on host community fund board

Workers at the Escravos Gas- To-Liquids (EGTL) jetties and Chevron Nigeria Limited have staged a protest demanding inclusion of additional persons on the board of the Host Community Development Trust Fund.

Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and CNL, confirmed the protest onThursday in a statement by Esimaje Brikinn, its General manager, Policy, Government and Public affairs.

“The incident started at about 7am that day with boats conveying some protesters patrolling along CNL’s Terminal and Escravos Gas-To-Liquids (EGTL) jetties and subsequently blocked access to Escravos Terminal (including EGTL jetty) in the company’s Western area of operations.

“The protesters are demanding the renaming of the Warri Kingdom Onshore Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) and involvement in the nomination of additional persons for inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the HCDT,” it said. 

“In addition, they are requesting for mobilisation of their community workers for the EGTL Turn Around Maintenance activities,” the company narrated.

The Escravos Terminal is a crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export facility. Chevron is involved in natural gas projects in the western Niger Delta and Escravos areas, including the Escravos Gas Plant (EGP), the EGTL facility and the Sonam Field Development Project.

CNL operates the EGP, which has a total capacity of 680 million cubic feet per day of natural gas and LPG and a condensate export capacity of 58,000 barrels per day. Chevron and the NNPC operate the EGTL facility, a 33,000-barrel-per-day gas-to-liquids plant.