Brazil May Vote on Oil Royalties Again
Deputies and senators from non-oil producing states have secured enough signatures to force a vote on President Dilma Rousseff’s partial...
December 11, 2012Topic
Transocean
Chevron Says Brazil Ban Overturned
A Brazilian court has overturned a ban that prevented Chevron from operating in Brazil, according to a statement by the...
December 4, 2012
Brazil Bans Chevron and Transocean: Daily
A federal court has served Chevron and Transocean with a preliminary injunction ordering them to halt operations in Brazil within...
September 28, 2012
Petrobras Accused of Dumping Waste: Daily
The Federal Police opened an inquiry in the Division of Environmental Crimes in Rio accusing Petrobras of dumping highly-toxic residues...
September 11, 2012
Change of Prosecutor in Chevron Case
A Brazilian judge has moved the two R$20 billion civil cases against Chevron and Transocean, for offshore oil leaks in...
April 17, 2012
Petrobras Leak Complicates Chevron Suit
A oil leak is the seventh attributed to Petrobras since 2012, and just 500 meters from the Frade Field, where...
April 10, 2012
Chevron Reacts to Criminal Charges in Brazil
Chevron said they “will vigorously defend the company and its employees” against criminal charges filed by Brazilian prosecutors for an...
March 27, 2012
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, 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