Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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19/09/2013 | Halliburton | Pleads guilty to destroying 2010 Gulf spill evidence - $200.000 & 3-year probation. | New Orleans, LA, United States | Reuters, US Department of Justice | Fraud | |
20/04/2010 | (Halliburton) | Drilling rig 'Deepwater Horizon' on lease to BP explodes and catches fire - 11 killed, 17 injured; 4.9 million oil barrels leaked; local wildlife, fishing and tourism immensely damaged; potential health hazards for clean-up workers and coastal residents; multiple lawsuits for companies involved; BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges; reparations and damages - over £20 billion. | Gulf of Mexico | US Department of Justice, Business & Human Rights Resource Center, Financial Times | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
12/03/2003 | (Halliburton) | Companies ordered to clean up Santa Fe Springs superfund site from year-long dumping of metal wastes, PAHs and VOCs. Cleanup costs - $9.08 million. | CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution |