Oil Spill News

Conocophillips Reaches Deals Over Alaska Spills

ConocoPhillips has agreed to federal and state civil penalties of about $200,000 for spills of crude oil and contaminated water from corroded pipe in Alaska’s Kuparuk Oil Field in 2006 and 2007. ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. also agreed to reimburse the …

NTSB: Neglect, Inaction Caused Huge Michigan Oil Spill

The National Transportation Safety Board has approved the findings of its investigators that Canadian company Enbridge Inc.’s neglect of pipeline cracks and its slow response likely caused the most expensive onshore oil spill in U.S. history. The board on July …

Much of Kalamazoo River to Open, 2 Years After Spill

Nearly all of the Kalamazoo River is being reopened for recreational use and the cleanup of a massive oil spill nearly two years ago is in its final stages, federal, state and local officials announced on June 21. Thirty-four miles …

New Prosecutor Seeks to Stop Chevron’s Brazil Operations

A new prosecutor in the case against Chevron Corp and drilling firm Transocean Ltd for an offshore oil spill said Thursday he will seek to suspend the companies’ operations in Brazil, a sign that he may be just as tough …

Chevron, Transocean Charged in Brazilian Oil Spill

A Brazilian federal prosecutor filed criminal charges on Wednesday against Chevron and drill-rig operator Transocean for a November oil spill, raising the stakes in a legal saga that is adding to Chevron’s woes in Latin America and threatens to slow …

BP Emails Reveal Company Veiled Spill Rate

On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank, BP officials warned in an internal memo that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site, crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a …

Chevron Lawsuit Flags Brazil Investment Risks

A $10.6 billion lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and rig contractor Transocean could further cool an increasingly chilly investment climate in Brazil’s natural resources industry. The lawsuit, filed as a result of a small oil spill off Brazil’s coast …

Brazil Fines Chevron $28 Million for Oil Spill; Backlash Feared

Chevron Takes Full Responsibility for Brazil Oil Spill

U.S. oil company Chevron will fully clean up a spill off Brazil’s coast, George Buck, the CEO of the local subsidiary said on Sunday, taking responsibility for an accident that has become a major test for one of the world’s …

Coast Guard OKs Winding Down BP Spill Cleanup

BP will no longer be responsible for cleaning up oil that washes up on the Gulf Coast unless officials can prove it comes from the company’s well that blew out in 2010, causing the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, …