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Judge Cuts Total BP Oil-Spill Estimate
2015-01-21 23:08:33| ENR.com: Headline News
Judge Cuts Total BP OIl Spill Estimate
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Anadarko to Fight Oil-Spill Fine
2015-01-19 01:10:25| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
When a federal judge ruled last fall on who was to blame for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, he didn't point a finger at Anadarko Petroleum Corp. But the energy company is facing a pollution penalty of as much as $3.5 billion because it owned 25% of the oil well drilled by the ill-fated rig, and would have gained a quarter of the crude it pumped if the well hadn't exploded.
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Great Lakes face oil-spill peril, Coast Guard warns
2014-09-11 06:31:45| Chemicals - Topix.net
The U.S. Coast Guard and other responders are not adequately equipped or prepared for a "heavy oil" spill on the Great Lakes, according to a Coast Guard commander who is pushing for action. A major oil spill could spell economic disaster for the states in the Great Lakes region, severely damaging the multibillion-dollar fishing and recreational boating industries and killing off wildlife.
Chevron faces criminal oil-spill charges in Rio
2014-04-06 20:58:03| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Brazilian judges ordered a criminal prosecution of Chevron Corp. and 11 employees over an oil spill in Nov. 2011, in a process reinstated more than a year after being thrown out following a settlement with the government.
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Appeals Court Orders BP To Abide By Oil-Spill Settlement
2014-03-04 19:04:00| OGI
BP disagrees with the appeals courts decision, Geoff Morrell, a spokesman for the London-based company, said March 3 in an e-mailed statement.
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