Chevron, Afren withdraw some staff from Kurdish oil operations

SAN RAMON, California (Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp. and Afren Plc withdrew some staff from their operations in the Kurdish region of Iraq after Islamic militants rampaged across the country’s north. “We have reviewed the business critical expatriate positions and as a consequence made a reduction in the total numbers of expatriates in the region,” Chevron said in an emailed statement.

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