Oil & Gas
ExxonMobil-led consortium fined by Canadian authorities over 2019 oil spill
An ExxonMobil-led group of oil companies has paid C$400,000 (US$300,000) to Canadian authorities for illegally discharging petroleum from its Hibernia field offshore Newfoundland & Labrador four years ago.
The “unauthorised” incident took place on 17 July 2019, when about 12,000 litres of a crude oil-water mixture was released into the waters surrounding the Hibernia platform, which is operated by the…
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