ConocoPhillips and CNOOC face public interest litigation for the 2011 oil spill in Bohai Bai, China Daily reports.
A landmark lawsuit has been filed against two oil giants in a maritime court over the oil spill in 2011 that polluted a huge area of Bohai Bay in Northeast China.
The suit, filed against ConocoPhillips and China National Offshore Oil Corp, is the first public interest litigation brought by a nonprofit organization over marine environmental pollution to be accepted by a court. Such a move was not possible until a new environmental protection law took effect on Jan 1.
The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation said it had been told by the maritime court in Qingdao, Shandong province, that the suit had been filed.
The law allows any environmental organization registered with a civil affairs bureau at city level or above and that has been operating for at least five years to bring public interest litigation.
Under a damage compensation agreement, ConocoPhillips China offered 1.09 billion yuan for ecological losses, while CNOOC paid 480 million yuan and ConocoPhillips China 113 million yuan for environmental protection efforts in Bohai Bay.
Source: China Daily
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