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American multinational energy corporation. Chevron said on Monday it shut down 50,000 barrels of crude oil per day in Nigeria's Delta state after its facilities were damaged by militants on Saturday.

“Our focus is to ensure that Kosmos is well-positioned operationally and financially to fulfill its roles as operator of the West Cape Three Points Block, technical operator for development of the Jubilee Field, and partner in the Deepwater Tano Block,” the company said.

Now estimated to be spewing up to 60,000 barrels of oil into the Gulf every day, the Deepwater Horizon spill is huge, but still relatively moderate compared to the leakage that has contaminated places like the Niger Delta and Ecuador's Amazon.