Petrobras Pre-Salt Oil Spill Contained: Daily
A public investigation in underway after an incident at a deepwater oil field run by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras led...
February 2, 2012Topic
oil spill
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
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 Fine up to R$50M in Brazil: Daily
Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment is expected to announce that Chevron will be fined a maximum of R$50 million for...
November 21, 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
Chevron Oil Reports Leak Plugged: Daily
The first stage of the operation to cement shut a leaking Chevron oil well 230 miles (370km) off the Rio...
November 18, 2011
Oil Leak 230 Miles Off the Coast of Rio: Daily
The Brazilian branch of Chevron is working to plug an offshore oil leak discovered in the Campos Basin 230 miles...
November 12, 2011
Brazil Plans for Deep-Water Drilling Disaster Contingency
By Mira Olson, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian Environmental Minister Izabella Teixeira announced on Monday, July 26th,...
July 27, 2010