RIO DE JANEIRO Chevron Corp and Transocean Ltd have agreed to change offshore safety and operating procedures as part of a lawsuit seeking nearly $ 20 billion in damages from the companies for a November 2011 oil spill, Brazilian public prosecutors told Reuters on Friday. The agreement, known as a “change-of-conduct accord,” was drafted at the companies’ request with federal prosecutors who are handling two civil lawsuits against Chevron and Transocean, the prosecutors’ press office in Rio de Janeiro said. The lawsuits are the largest-ever environmental prosecutions in Brazil. The press office declined to give details of the accord but [...]
