Tag: Chevron

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 04:04 UTC

  Chevron takes full responsibility for the oil spill offshore Brazil

  

  Chevron promised to fully clean-up a spill off Brazil's coast, the CEO of the local subsidiary, George Buck, said on Sunday, taking responsibility for an accident that has become a major test for one of the world's fastest-growing oil frontiers.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 22:11 UTC

  Brazilian federal police open a probe into an oil spill from a Chevron well

  

  Brazilian federal police have opened a probe into US oil giant Chevron over alleged pollution linked to an oil spill at its offshore Frade project, local media reported Thursday.

• 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.

• Monday, March 14th 2011 - 02:09 UTC

  Chevron appeals 9.5 billion USD fine from an Ecuador court

  

  US oil giant Chevron has launched a legal appeal against a 9.5 billion US dollars fine by an Ecuador court for polluting much of the country's Amazon region.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 06:01 UTC

  Chevron will appeal 8.6 billion ‘extortive’ fine imposed by Ecuador judges

  

  US oil giant Chevron says it will appeal against an 8.6 billion US dollars fine imposed by Ecuador judges, carrying on a long-running row over pollution. Chevron's Kent Robertson told the BBC the case was an “extortion scheme”, and accused Ecuador's state-run firm of polluting the country's Amazon region.