Top Ecuador Court Upholds $9 Billion Ruling Against Chevron
Ecuador’s highest court has upheld a $9.5 billion judgment against oil giant Chevron for decades of rainforest damage that harmed indigenous people.
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Court Zaps Subpoena of Attorney Records on Shell Oil
Delivering another defeat to a human-rights case that fell apart at the Supreme Court, the Second Circuit blocked an order Tuesday that would have forced a U.S. law firm to turn over client records.
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Shell Offshore spilled 80,892 gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, which covered 1,270 square miles in the first five days, in May 2016, the United States and Louisiana claim in a federal complaint.
Read moreBig Oil Fights NYC Challenge With Academic Gusto
As epic in scope as the global challenge it tackled, the first hearing Wednesday in New York City’s attempt to impute liability on oil companies for climate change featured a 90-minute salon on modern history.
Read moreOil Spill Fire Chokes Indonesian Port City; 4 Dead
Waters off an Indonesian port city reek like a gas station after an oil spill and fire that killed four people over the weekend, an official said Wednesday.
Read moreThird Circuit Says Citgo Must Pay Lion’s Share for Spill Cleanup
The Third Circuit said Thursday that three units of oil refiner Citgo must pay most of the $100 million-plus bill for cleaning up a 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River.
Read moreQatar, UAE Extend Oil Field Concession to Japan Amid Crisis
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates each extended a concession to an offshore oil field they share to a Japanese consortium on Tuesday despite a diplomatic crisis between the two of them tearing at the region.
Read moreSwiss Arrest 2 in Alleged Oil Corruption Case
Geneva regional prosecutors have made two arrests after opening a criminal investigation of a Swiss consulting firm that served as a conduit between Venezuela’s state oil company and some of its biggest clients.
Read moreVenezuela-Linked Trust Sues Foreign Oil Traders for Bribes
A trust linked to Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has filed a lawsuit against major international energy trading firms for their alleged role funneling bribes to corrupt company officials in exchange for rigged oil purchase contracts.
Read moreShipper Accused of Smuggling in $32M Lawsuit
A trading company claims in a federal complaint that the Liberian company it contracted to ship hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil also tried to smuggle weapons to Yemen, and let Saudi Arabian forces confiscate the oil when it got caught.
Read moreBig Oil Climate Change Suits Stay in Federal Court
A federal judge on Tuesday sided with Big Oil’s request to keep two climate change suits in federal court, a move that could foreshadow doom for efforts to hold oil companies liable for rising sea levels.
Read moreCoastal Commission Strategizes Offshore Drilling Opposition
The California Coastal Commission vowed to fight the Trump administration’s offshore drilling program during its Wednesday meeting, outlining its battle plans as the sole California agency that has authority over oil and gas leasing in federal waters.
Read moreNinth Circuit Finds for Railroad in Pipeline Fight
The Ninth Circuit revived counterclaims Tuesday by Union Pacific Railroad, whose power to lease land under 1,800 miles of its right of way for a petroleum pipeline is being challenged in multiple class actions.
Read moreJudge: Governor’s Office Blameless in Public Records Dispute
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edward’s office complied with the records law when it turned over no documents pertaining to a records request from environmentalists seeking documents related to a proposed pipeline, a state judge ruled Friday.
Read moreSan Diego Leaders Call for Removal from Offshore Drilling List
Standing in front of the picturesque San Diego harbor Monday, city council members called on the federal government to remove the eighth largest U.S. city from its list of potential offshore drilling sites, saying it will negatively impact military operations and tourism.
Read moreWashington State Pulls Plug on Columbia River Oil Terminal
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee on Monday rejected a plan to build a massive oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver.
Read moreCoast Guard on the Hook in Killer Whale Lawsuit
The Coast Guard must face claims by two Northwest tribes that a plan for oil tanker traffic threatens the habitat of southern resident killer whales, a federal judge ruled this week.
Read moreHong Kong Businessman Pleads Not Guilty to Bribery Scheme
A Hong Kong-based businessman who is charged in the sprawling United Nations corruption probe pleaded not guilty Monday to a multimillion bribery scheme involving oil rights in Chad and Uganda.
Read moreOil Tanker Burning Off China’s Coast at Risk of Exploding
An oil tanker that caught fire after colliding with a freighter off China’s east coast is at risk of exploding and sinking, Chinese state media reported Monday, as authorities from three countries struggled to find its 32 missing crew members and contain oil spewing from the blazing wreck.
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