The employees will be given helping in getting other work at other Chevron locations, and the company says they will offer severance to people who can't secure work.
Update 11:53 a.m. - Trooper Stephen Hammons says the device has been rendered safe and Johnston Street is now open. The investigation has been turned over to Lafayette Police.
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Wall Street falls as oil and metal prices slide. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 71 points to 13,126. Mark Lasseigne has your stock market report in today's Acadiana Business Index.
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Three sailors have been taken hostage after gunmen stormed a ship owned by a Louisiana company. It happened last night near Chevron's Agbami oil field, operated by its Nigerian subsidiary about 70 nautical miles offshore.
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GRAY, La. (AP) — Chevron plans to build a warehouse of at least 100,000 square feet to help coordinate transportation, logistics and maintenance for its work in the Gulf of Mexico region.