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Chevron Fined 1 Million for Gulf Oil Spill Landmark Ruling
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel called the $1 million penalty against Chevron a landmark verdict in the first prosecution under the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Chevron pleaded no contest to 500 of 900 counts for failing to install storm chokes on offshore wells, with 400 counts dismissed. The spill followed a February 10 explosion on a platform, sending about 35,000 gallons of oil daily into the Gulf for weeks and threatening Louisiana oyster beds and refuges.
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New Orleans
Walter J. Hickel
Chevron Oil Co
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. District Court
Hickel
Washington
Alvin B. Rubin
Chevron
Richard Olsen
Gulf
Interior Department
Louisiana