Chevron Execs Banned from Leaving Brazil
A federal judge has barred seventeen executives from Chevron and Transocean from leaving Brazil until criminal charges are processed.
March 20, 2012Topic
Chevron
New Chevron Oil Leak in Brazil: Daily
The Brazilian branch of U.S. oil company, Chevron, announced yesterday that they had identified a new oil leak in their...
March 16, 2012
Petrobrás Logs Third Oil Spill in 2012
Petrobrás reported a leak off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state in the Campos basin’s Barracuda field, and while...
February 21, 2012
Transocean Operating in Brazil’s Oil Boom
After reports of federal prosecutors in Brazil seeking US$10.8 billion from Transocean following the oil leak in Chevron’s Frade Field,...
January 10, 2012
Chevron Racks Up More Fines in Brazil
American oil company Chevron was fined another R$10 million last Monday, December 23rd by the IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment...
January 3, 2012
Brazil Considers Bigger Fines Chevron and Transocean
Brazilian prosecutors asked a federal court demanding that Chevron and rig contractor Transocean halt oil drilling in Brazil and both...
December 20, 2011
Chevron Safety Audit Ordered in Brazil: Daily
Rio’s environment secretary announced that Chevron is required to undertake an audit to verify the company’s capacity to respond to...
November 26, 2011
Chevron Says Rio Oil Leak Controlled: Daily
Chevron said on Thursday that the Frade oil field leak was under control and that the slick has practically disappeared.
November 25, 2011
Police Probe Chevron Oil Clean-Up: Daily
Brazil’s Federal Police will investigate claims that oil company Chevron is implementing an illegal sandblasting technique to deal with the...
November 20, 2011