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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed

The Energy Law

Charles refinery. As a result, Judge Haik imposed a civil penalty of $1,500 per barrel spilled – for a total of $81 million – and significantly increased the penalty of $111 per barrel in his original judgment. The EPA sought a penalty of $4,300 per barrel. In the original judgment , U.S. million dollars. Year in Rev.

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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

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billion barrels of proven oil reserves as well as 5.675 trillion cubic metres of natural gas, which explains why the supermajors are not too tired of their problems in Nigeria. According to estimates from human rights groups, millions of barrels have leaked or spilt in the Niger Delta over the years.

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HISTORY OF SPILLS: TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline (22 SPILLS: 2010-2022)

Adrian - Oil & Gas

The Keystone 1 pipeline carries up to 720,000 barrels per day of tarsands from Alberta, Canada to refineries in Texas and Illinois.) 19: February 20, 2018: Keystone pipeline spills 15 gallons from a Pump Station in Steele City, Nebraska, blamed on a leaking float control valve. Obama and Pres.

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Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs take effect as US-Canada trade war intensifies

Oil & Gas 360º

financial markets already jittery over Trumps broad tariff offensive, but left unchanged Trumps original plans to strengthen the Section 232 national security tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed in 2018 during his first term. Canada ships about 4 million barrels of crude to the U.S. per day via pipeline, mainly to Midwest refineries.

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