Tag: Chevron Oil Spill
By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) is to release the final report this week on the Chevron oil leak that occurred in November 2011 at the Frade Field in the Campos...
By Brennan Stark, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – American oil giant Chevron was banned from offshore drilling in Brazilian waters on November 23rd. The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) claimed Chevron’s drilling would remain suspended until the causes of...
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - DROP # 1. The first drop in the ocean was an underwater oil leak, in the Frade Field near a well being drilled by Chevron about 100 miles offshore. The leak...
By Brennan Stark, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Ministry of the Environment is expected to announce today that Chevron will be fined a maximum of R$50 million for the environmental damage its oil leak has caused the...
