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Chevron to pay $42m to settle Brazilian spill suits
2013-09-17 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
US-based Chevron will pay BRL95.2m ($42m) to settle civil lawsuits regarding an offshore oil spill in November 2011 at the Frade field offshore of Brazil.
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Oil and fracking chemicals spill into Colorados floodwaters
2013-09-16 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Heavy rains returned to Colorado on Sunday and hampered rescue efforts after last week`s flash floods. The confirmed death toll has risen to seven, and hundreds are still unaccounted for. An estimated 1,500 homes are destroyed. Some 1,000 people in Larimer County, north of Boulder, were awaiting airlifts that never came on Sunday - they were called off because of the foul weather. The floods have also triggered other problems that have gotten a lot less media attention: Fracking infrastructure...
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Chevron and Brazil Reach Deal on Oil Spill
2013-09-14 05:35:27| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Chevron signed an accord on Friday with prosecutors in Brazil that could lead to the end of civil lawsuits seeking $17.5 billion in damages for a November 2011 oil spill, the companys lawyer in Brazil said. The agreement includes about 300 million reais (about $130 million) in compensatory actions for the 3,600-barrel spill in the ocean northeast of Rio de Janeiro. Of the total, 95 million reais are for social and environmental projects, the company said. With the signature of the accord, which...
BP drills at 'giant' Gulf field after setback due to spill
2013-09-13 21:40:07| Energy - Topix.net
BP Plc has begun appraisal drilling in its highly touted Tiber oil prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said on Thursday, more than three years after its massive Macondo blowout and crude spill set back drilling in the basin.
Niger delta oil spill victims reject 'derisory' Shell compensation offer
2013-09-13 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Niger delta communities devastated by giant oil spills from rusting Shell pipelines have unanimously rejected a compensation offer from the company, calling it an insult, and cruel and derisory. A court in London is now likely to decide how much the Anglo-Dutch firm should pay 11,000 fishermen and others from the Bodo community who lost their livelihoods when the 50-year-old Shell-operated trans-Niger pipeline burst twice within a few months in 2008. Sources close to the negotiations in Port...
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