(Picture Below) In this handout image released by Chevron on March 19, 2012, containment equipment is pictured in the Frade Field, in the waters of the Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state. A Brazilian prosecutor plans to allege this week that Chevron and Transocean should not have drilled a deep-water well that leaked in November, legal documents showed, giving a glimpse into expected criminal charges that could slow the rush to develop Brazil's vast offshore oil wealth. The allegations are part of police and prosecutors' reports being used to assemble criminal indictments against oil company Chevron, drill-rig operator Transocean, and 17 of their executives and employees.
Credit:Reuters/Chevron/HandoutWhen considering how reasonable these charges are to the crimes involved and reflecting on the blatant disregard of safety with the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion that caused the deaths of eleven people and the largest environmental disaster in US History. If the Congress doesn't want to hold Tony Hayward responsible in a criminal court, then maybe Congress out to be held over in a criminal court!
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(Reuters) - A Brazilian prosecutor plans to allege this week that Chevron and Transocean should not have drilled a deep-water well that leaked in November, legal documents showed, giving a glimpse into expected criminal charges that could slow the rush to develop Brazil's vast offshore oil wealth.
The accident cracked geological structures in the reservoir and oil will continue leaking from the field until it is emptied, the prosecutor Eduardo Santos de Oliveira told Reuters in a telephone interview on Monday.
The prosecutor's comments expanded on his investigations and police reports being used to assemble criminal indictments against U.S. oil company Chevron, drill-rig operator Transocean, and 17 of their executives and employees.
The documents, obtained by Reuters, provided the most detailed look yet at possible causes of the oil leak off Brazil's southern coast. They also outline why prosecutors are seeking criminal charges for what industry watchers note is a relatively small spill at a well that was approved for drilling by Brazilian regulators....
If the determination by the Brazilian government teaches the global community anything, it is that deep water drilling is not taken seriously, the expertise of the industry is lacking and there needs to be STANDARDIZED, INTERNATIONAL regulations adhered to in order to prevent collapse of the global fisheries.
The world is getting smaller and the ability to feed it CANNOT be altered any further by oil companies with complete disregard for human life over profits!
In an ocean environment one mile down, it has been proven there are no safe practices. It is hideous to consider drilling in extreme environments is even reasonable.
If the determination by the Brazilian government teaches the global community anything, it is that deep water drilling is not taken seriously, the expertise of the industry is lacking and there needs to be STANDARDIZED, INTERNATIONAL regulations adhered to in order to prevent collapse of the global fisheries.
The world is getting smaller and the ability to feed it CANNOT be altered any further by oil companies with complete disregard for human life over profits!
In an ocean environment one mile down, it has been proven there are no safe practices. It is hideous to consider drilling in extreme environments is even reasonable.
