BP PLC and two other companies involved in the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010 are contesting charges that were issued by U.S.

A Chinese court accepted a lawsuit that claims leaks from offshore oil-production facilities operated by ConocoPhillips caused $78 million in damages to local fishermen, state-run media reported.

An Ecuadorean appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that Chevron Corp should pay $18 billion in damages to plaintiffs who accused the U.S.

Brazil's oil industry watchdog ANP said on Friday it issued a third citation against Chevron for a November oil spill at the Frade offshore field, signaling that regulators are stepping up oversigh

Brazil's environment inspector fined Chevron Corp 10 million reais ($5.4 million) for breaching the terms of the U.S.

Nigerian authorities were putting emergency measures in place on Thursday to prevent an oil spill from a Royal Dutch Shell facility, the biggest leak in Nigeria for more than 13 years, washing up o

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‘Make use of renewable sources mandatory for power generation'

U.S. regulators issued additional violations to BP PLC for its role in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, raising the level of fines that the company is likely to pay.

BP, the company held responsible for the worst oil spill in the United States' history, has accused one of its contracting companies, Halliburton of destroying vital evidence relating to the explos