Chevron Brazil spill report expected soon

An aerial view is seen of oil that seeped off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, caused by a well drilled by Chevron at Frade, on the water in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state November 18, 2011. Brazilian federal police have opened a probe into U.S. oil giant Chevron over alleged pollution linked to an oil spill at its offshore Frade project, local media reported. Brazil's energy regulator ANP said oil seeps off the coast of Rio de Janeiro were caused by a well drilled by Chevron at Frade, where the company has estimated that as much as 650 barrels had been released causing a

Brazil spill: Regulators set to release report on causes as a separate investigation said to conclude no damage done

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By News wires

 11 July 2012 19:48 GMT

Brazil's oil regulator said on Wednesday it expects to release a report next week on the causes of a November oil spill in an offshore field operated by Chevron, an accident that led to criminal charges and civil suits seeking nearly $20 billion in damages.

That news came the same day that two of Brazil’s top newspapers reported that a Federal Police lab investigation in Rio de Janeiro had concluded the spill did not kill or harm marine life, Reuters reported.

The report from the ANP, as the regulator is known, is expected to provide the official government explanation of the accident, which spilled about 3,000 barrels of oil into the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Rio de Janeiro.

The report may influence civil and criminal proceedings against Chevron, the second-largest US oil company, its drilling contractor, Transocean, and…

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