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Article

17 Nov 2011

Author:
Associated Press

Brazilian federal police investigate Chevron offshore oil spill

The Brazilian Federal Police...began investigating an oil spill in an offshore field operated by Chevron...a leak that an environmental group alleges is far bigger than the company has stated...Globo TV’s G1 website quoted Scliar [head of the Federal Police department’s environmental affairs division] as saying that technicians he sent to the offshore field came back with information that conflicted with that provided by Chevron. He said they only saw one ship being used in the cleanup while Chevron has said there were 18 being used on a rotating basis. Without going into details he said there was also conflicting information regarding the size of the leak...Chevron has said that the oil spill was between 400 and 650 barrels of oil, but that the company had contained the leak. The company said...that “cementing operations are taking place as part of...well plugging activities.” Chevron said the oil on the ocean surface had “substantially dissipated” and that the slick was down to “less than 65 barrels.” [also refers to Transocean, BP]