Chevron- America's Number two oil company has evacuated all of its American oil workers from Iraq following last week's US air strike in Baghdad.
In a statement, the company said as a precautionary measure its expatriate employees and contractors have left the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq for the time being.
Chevron does not have oil workers elsewhere in Iraq.
The company said local staff are overseeing Chevron's ongoing operations in the Kurdistan Region.
The Chevron evacuation comes after the Iraqi oil ministry said a number of Americans working in southern Iraq were leaving the country after the United States urged its citizens to immediately depart due to soaring tensions.
Iranian military leader, Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad late last week.
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