Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/09/2008 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) demanded a written apology from Shell over alleged role in arrest and detention of about 15 journalists. | Delta State, Nigeria | allAfrica | Beatings & Violence | |
| 31/12/2004 - 01/01/2003 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | BP charged with cornering and manipulating the price of TET propane in 2003 and 2004 - $303 million in restitution and fines as part of an agreement to defer prosecution. | United States | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission | Consumer Deception, Fraud, Market Fraud & Antitrust | |
| 07/03/2006 - 02/03/2006 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) (Field co-owned by Exxon Mobil) (Field co-owned by ConocoPhillips) | 'Prudhoe Bay' five-day oil spill caused by knowing neglect of corroding pipelines; around one million oil liters leaked. | Prudhoe Bay, AK, United States | BBC | Negligence, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
| 16/05/2010 - 06/04/2010 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Illegal emission of harmful air pollutants from refinery, owing to persistent operation of malfunction-associated units. | Texas City, TX, United States | ProPublica | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 01/04/2007 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | 143 workers claim injury over release of toxic substance at refinery - ~$100 million in punitive damages, later reduced to less than $500,000. | Texas City, TX, United States | The New York Times | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 08/06/2010 - 01/01/2000 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Report finds repeated disregard of safety and environmental rules, risking a serious accident; Executives were not held accountable for failures, and some were promoted despite them. | North America | The Washington Post | Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
| 05/09/2008 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (ConocoPhillips) (Chevron) (Marathon Oil Corporation) (Valero Energy) (Sunoco) (Energy Transfer Partners) (PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.)) (Citgo Petroleum Corporation) | Settled lawsuit over leak of environmentally hazardous gasoline additive MTBE, found throughout water systems; plaintiffs maintain the oil industry knew about environmental dangers yet rejected alternatives because of cost - $422 million. | United States | The New York Times | Pollution | |
| 25/04/2006 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Inspection of refinery results in 32 per-instance willful citations - $2.4 million fine | Oregon, Ohio | US Department of Labor | Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/12/1997 - 01/01/1995 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Construction of BP's OCENSA pipeline causes soil erosion, spoiled crops and fish ponds being starved of water, destroying livelihoods. BP also allegedly benefited from the activities of paramilitaries employed to guard the pipeline, who intimidated the local population, obstructed farming and suppressed legitimate opposition to the pipeline - millions of £ in out-of-court settlement. | Colombia | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Beatings & Violence, Death Threats, Pollution | |
| 24/11/2011 - 10/11/2011 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Accusations of "intentionally misleading the public about the seriousness" of a two-week release of toxic fumes, allegedly causing the affected county to have the worst air quality in the US. | Galveston County, TX, United States | Courthouse News Service | Consumer Deception, Fraud, Pollution |