Chevron News

Richmond - Oil giant Chevron has been sued in federal court for gross negligence in connection with last week's toxic refinery fire in Richmond, California.

Richmond - Chevron's Richmond, California oil refinery erupted in flames yesterday. The fire is now contained, but still burning this morning. No injuries have been reported.

Houston - Chevron Oil has confirmed it is working to contain an explosion on a natural gas drilling rig approximately six miles off the Nigerian coast, with two contractors on the rig unaccounted for.

Quito - A court in Ecuador confirmed on appeal a sentence issued in February 2011, which orders the U.S. oil company Chevron to pay US$ 18 billion to villagers for environmental damages in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

The oil company Chevron faces a fine over an oil spill. The company is going to be fined $28 million, the Brazilian government announced.

In yet another environmental disaster, off shore oil drilling has caused 416,400 litres of oil to flood into the sea 370km (230 miles) off the Brazilian coast.

San Ramon - Situated in 6,759 feet of water and drilled to a depth of 31,545 feet, Chevron and BP have announced a new oil discovery in the “prolific” Lower Tertiary Trend, located in the Gulf of Mexico deepwaters 216 miles off the Louisiana coast.

London - An explosion Thursday evening at Chevron’s Pembroke oil refinery in southwest Wales killed four workers and a fifth worker was hospitalized with serious injuries, with no health or safety risks to the public being reported.

Greenpeace activists Tuesday occupied an oil drilling ship anchored off Shetland Isles to push for a ban on deepwater drilling in the North Sea. Two members used boats to reach the 228-metre Stena Carron and attached themselves to its anchor chain.

After being noticed early on Tuesday morning, the US Coast Guard, State of Louisiana and the Cypress Pipeline Company have been working for days to contain a pipeline leak that has seen 18,000 gallons of oil released.