The Andes
Colombians sue BP over environmental damage
More than 100 Colombian farmers filed suit with the UK high court against a BP subsidiary over damage to their lands from the company's Ocensa oil pipeline.
Tag: oil spills
Mexico
Mexico: campesinos block Tabasco oil wells
Local campesinos are blockading hundreds of oil and gas wells in Mexico's Tabasco state to demand indemnification for lands impacted by a massive spill and explosion.
The Andes
Colombia: protest, rebel attacks depress oil output
Colombian crude production sank to a 20-month low of 935,000 barrels per day as guerilla attacks and protests by impacted indigenous communities curbed output.
The Amazon
US judge blocks enforcement of Chevron judgment
A federal judge ruled that US courts can not be used to collect $9.51 billion in fines and legal fees imposed by an Ecuadoran court's judgment against Chevron.
The Andes
ELN bomb Colombia oil pipeline infrastructure
Colombia's ELN guerillas blew up four crude-oil holding pools along the Caño Limon pipeline, sparking a large blaze and causing the local population to flee.
The Amazon
Peru: oil spill threatens rainforest reserve
Indigenous leaders in Peru’s Amazon protested that a leak from Pluspetrol’s oil operations is causing contamination within the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.
The Amazon
Ecuador opens Yasuni reserve to oil interests
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced that he is abandoning plans for an ambitious internationally funded conservation program at Yasuni National Park in the Amazon.
Planet Watch
Gulf of Mexico: maybe you missed the bad news…
The gas rig fire off Louisiana is portrayed as a near-miss at worst—while researchers predict a record “dead zone” the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico this year.
Southern Cone
Argentina: Mapuche to block Chevron from territory
Argentina’s Mapuche say they will challenge a hydrofracking deal with Chevron, the multinational scofflaw that refuses to pay $19 billion it owes indigenous Ecuadorans.
The Andes
Blasts shut Colombia’s second largest oil pipeline
Two explosions shut down Colombia’s Caño Limon oil pipeline, in the latest guerilla attack. Such blasts have spilled much crude in the rainforest region in recent years.
Africa
Supreme Court rules against Nigerians in Shell case
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum to reject a suit brought by Nigerian refugees against Shell Oil under the Alien Tort Statute of 1789.
The Amazon
Ecuador, Peru: oil spills foul Pacific coast, Amazon
Ecuador’s trans-Andean pipeline burst, fouling small farms near the Pacific coast, while Peru declared a state of emergency in the Amazon’s Pastaza Basin over oil contamination.