Brazil Judge Denies Ban of Chevron, Transocean Operations
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A Brazilian federal judge denied a request from a prosecutor seeking to ban Chevron Corp. and Transocean Ltd. from operating in the country after two oil spills.
Prosecutor Eduardo Santos de Oliveira sought to halt Chevron and Transocean’s operations in Brazil as part of a 20 billion reais ($11 billion) lawsuit for environmental damage after an oil spill last month at its Frade field, according to an e-mailed statement from the court today.