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• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 07:13 UTC

  Chevron halts drilling off the coast of Brazil following an oil-spill

  

  Oil giant Chevron halted drilling of a well off the coast of Brazil as it looks into the possible causes of an oil spill in the region. Chevron said in a statement e-mailed that an oil sheen had appeared on the surface of the ocean near the Frade project it operates, which it attributed to oil seeps in the area.