Exxon, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company which has operations in Nigeria and Liberia, is prohibiting some employees from traveling to the countries directly affected by the disease, and is taking precautionary measures related to workers’ families, Tillerson also said.
“We had some drilling plans for some blocks offshore West Africa in Liberia,” Tillerson told a news conference to announce $18 million in grants to three Houston hospitals. “We are having to look at when it would be prudent to resume operations there because you do have to have shore-based support.”