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Chevron to pay $155 million for Brazilian oil spill
US oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay 310 million reales ($155 million) to Brazil for an oil spill last year that fouled beaches in Rio de Janeiro, officials said Saturday. Government news service Agencia Brasil said 90 million reales would be used exclusively for environmental cleanup and 220 million…
Ecuadoran villagers drag Chevron to Canadian court
TORONTO — A 19-year court battle that resulted in a staggering US$18.3-billion judgment from an Ecuadoran court against Chevron last year moved to Canada on Thursday as the plaintiffs seek to collect. Ecuadoran villagers who brought the original lawsuit over decades of oil pollution in the Amazon are asking an…
Chevron fined $17.5 million over Brazil spill
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian authorities said Monday they were slapping a $17.5 million fine on US oil firm Chevron in connection with a major spill off Rio de Janeiro state last year. Magda Chambriard, director general of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), told a press conference that the new…
Watchdog to investigate Chevron refinery fire in California
NEW YORK — A US watchdog agency launched an investigation Saturday into the “near-disaster” fire at oil giant Chevron’s Richmond, California refinery that nearly killed workers. The August 6 fire was sparked when “gas-oil” — a 600-degree Fahrenheit (315 Celsius) combustible hydrocarbon liquid — leaked from a pipe, and ignited…
Curfew lifted after toxic smoke from Chevron refinery fire contained
San Francisco-area residents were allowed to leave their homes late Monday night after a fire at a nearby refinery was contained, but not before it led to a scare in local emergency rooms. According to KRON-TV, officials at Chevron say a diesel seal broke at the company’s refinery in Richmond,…
Ecuador court orders Chevron to pay $19 billion
An Ecuadoran court has ordered US oil firm Chevron to pay some $19 billion — a billion dollars more than an original order — by Monday for environmental damage. Attorney Juan Pablo Saenz said the plaintiffs could organize embargoes if Chevron does not comply with the order from a court…
Chevron ordered to pay $19 billion in environment damages
Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $19 billion in environmental damages, $1 billion more than originally decided, after an Ecuadoran court adjusted the amount on appeal, a source said. “Due to an involuntary calculation error, the reparations now amount to $19,021,552,000,” said a court source in the northeastern…
Suit seeks Chevron assets in Brazil over Ecuador claims
QUITO — Plaintiffs have filed suit in Brazil to seize Chevron assets to pay off $18 billion in damages awarded by an Ecuadoran court for damage to the Amazon rain forest, the parties said Thursday. The claim was filed by Brazilian lawyer Sergio Bermudes on behalf of Ecuadoran Indians in…
Chevron accused of ‘environmental crime’ in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday accused US oil giant Chevron and 17 executives of “environmental crime” in connection with a major spill off southeastern Brazil last November. The country’s national oil regulator estimates that 2,400 barrels of crude were spilled in the accident,…
Chevron accused of graft in Indonesian green project
Indonesia on Saturday accused five Chevron employees of being involved in a scam to set up a fictitious green project that lost the state some $270 million, a charge denied by the US oil giant. “The Attorney-General’s Office (AGO) has named seven suspects, five of whom are from Chevron,” the…
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