Chevron’s main lawyer in trial stressed that the American oil colossus is preparing to proceed with appeal
Colossus of the oil sector, the US group Chevronwas convicted by court in Louisiana to pay compensation totaling $ 745 million because they were sculpting near New Orleans and did nothing to decline in the area.
The sentence was announced on Friday by a jury, following a trial at Panta A La, in the Plaque Community, an area southeast of the Metropolis of Louisiana.
When the French Agency contacted him yesterday, Chevron’s main lawyer in trial, Mike Phillipsstressed that the American colossus of oil is getting ready to proceed to appealbecause of the “numerous legal errors that led to this decision”.
Without a continuation of the case, this is about landmark In this folder, which opened the 2013.
Her principles Plaque they turned against Chevron because acquired and took control of Texaco in 2001.
They had initially accused Texaco of violating a law on environmental protection adopted in 1978 in Louisiana.
This law stipulates that “once the activities (mining) are terminated” in any deposit, it must be “deducted, re -resulting, cleaning and restoring” so that the place where it was done is “in its original state” as “as possible” in its “initial state”.
But the authorities say, the Texaco/Chevron They did not comply with their obligations.
Local authorities also argue that the oil group made worse the consequences of the rise of water by abandoning the marshes, which generally regulate the flood and the low tide.
The jury body justified Plaque, imposing fines of $ 575 million for the loss of part of the landnow permanently immersed in the water, $ 161 million for pollution and $ 9 million to abandon equipment.
The decision, however, is not decisive: it is only the first in order 42 similar assumptionswho are targeted in practice all US energy groups, with authorities hoping that there will be many billion dollars in Louisiana.
“This decision not only undermines Louisiana’s position as a leader in the energy sector, but also threatens the country’s orbit for global energy sovereignty in the context of ‘America’ ‘policy’ ‘ President Donald Trump, in his announcement, has announced a collective body of representation of companies in the oil and gas companies in Louisiana (LMOGA).
Source: Skai
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