Tag: oil spill

Thursday, July 25th 2013 - 05:55 UTC
Conference in Brazil to discuss oil and gas industry latest practices in HSE

Oil spills have always tormented the oil and gas industry with devastating incidents being reported world wide. A recent oil spill of about 11,480 barrels in Ecuador has given rise to concerns to the neighbouring countries of Latin America.
Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 07:58 UTC
Oil leaks cast a shadow over the development of Brazil’s offshore huge reserves

Brazilian authorities identified a small oil leak off the shores of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, the latest in a series of spills that has raised safety concerns over the development of some of the world's largest petroleum reserves.
Sunday, March 18th 2012 - 19:53 UTC
Top executives from Chevron barred from leaving Brazil because of oil spills case

A Brazilian court barred 17 executives from Chevron and Transocean from leaving Brazil, pending criminal charges related to a high-profile oil spill last November. A second oil spill detected last week further complicated the situation.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 11:23 UTC
Brazil slaps another fine on Chevron for November oil spill off Rio do Janeiro

Brazil's Environment Institute ordered US oil giant Chevron to pay another fine related to the early November oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 00:40 UTC
Brazil imposes maximum fine on Chevron for oil spill, but more sanctions in the pipeline

$Environment Minister Teixeira, “five of six more fines if more infractions are found”$

Brazil’s environmental agency said on Monday it will fine US Chevron 50 million Reais, nearly 28 million dollars, for a continuing oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and the company could face several more similar fines in the coming days.
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.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 07:35 UTC
Ecological disaster in Tristan da Cunha: penguins and lobster at risk plus threat of rats

A race to rescue up to 20,000 endangered northern Rockhopper penguins from an oil spill in an isolated South Atlantic British island group was under way this week after a cargo ship ran aground.
Tuesday, May 25th 2010 - 06:15 UTC
US declares “fishery emergency” in the Gulf of Mexico because of BP oil spill

United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday declared a fishery disaster in the Gulf of Mexico because of the economic impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on fisheries in the region.