SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Energy giant Chevron Corp. has reversed its decision to name an oil tanker after U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, a former board member, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.
Chevron named the tanker after Rice in April, highlighting what public watchdog groups called the close ties between the Bush administration and the energy industry, but renamed the vessel after complaints grew louder, the paper said.
A Chevron spokesman told the Chronicle the decision was made "to eliminate the unnecessary attention caused by the vessel's original name." The spokesman would not say whether the White House or Rice requested the name change.