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ChevronTexaco Corporation

Angola Pollution Fine

Date: 07/01/2002 (Date of Media Accounts)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: International

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $2,000,000

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: Angola’s Ministry of Fisheries and the Environment fined ChevronTexaco $2 million for oil spills from an offshore platform that polluted beaches and damaged the local fishing industry. A government investigation found that leaks from poorly maintained pipes used to transport crude oil from platform were the cause of the spills. Chevron, which pumps almost three-quarters of Angola's oil, reportedly promised to invest $108 million to replace the pipes.