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BP to Pay $4.52 Billion Settlement for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
January 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A federal judge on Tuesday accepted the agreement between BP and U.S. authorities under which the company agreed to pay $4.52 billion to settle criminal charges arising from the April 2010 crude spill in the Gulf of Mexico. continue reading »
Petrobras Looking to Overturn Ban on Transocean, Chevron in Brazil
September 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has taken legal action to suspend a court order barring U.S. oil supermajor Chevron Corp. and drilling contractor Transocean from operating in the South American country because of an oil spill. continue reading »
Chevron Pays $17 Million Fine for Oil Spill in Brazil
September 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. oil supermajor Chevron Corp. said it has paid the 35.1 million reais ($17 million) fine imposed by Brazil's ANP regulator for an oil spill last November. continue reading »
Brazil Reduces Chevron’s Oil Spill Fine by $8 Million
September 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. supermajor Chevron will be fined $17 million for an offshore oil spill rather than the nearly $25 million announced in July, the head of Brazil's National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said Monday. continue reading »
Regardless of Oil Spill, Chevron Will Remain in Brazil
September 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. will not leave Brazil and is working to restart its projects in the South American country, where a court had given the energy company until the end of August to halt its operations, Chevron's chief of Latin American operations, Don Stelling, said. continue reading »
Mexican Oil Spill Responsible for Deaths of Sea Turtles, Says Environmentalists
August 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 24 sea turtles have been found dead on the beaches of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca after oil spilled from a sunken loading buoy owned by state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, the environmental group Wildcoast/Costa Salvaje said. continue reading »
Mexican Environmental Groups Demand Pemex to Clean Up Oil Spill
August 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican environmental authorities are demanding that state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos clean up a crude spill that occurred when a loading buoy sank nearly two weeks ago and polluted six beaches. continue reading »
Oil Leak in Brazil May Cost Chevron $24.7 Million
July 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's National Petroleum Agency said Thursday that Chevron Corp. will be fined nearly 50 million reais ($24.7 million) for an oil leak at an offshore field last November. continue reading »
One Year After BP’s Oil Spill in the Gulf of México
April 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One year ago today, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the gulf of México begun one of the worse environmental disasters in history. continue reading »
