May 04, 2016
Citgo said Wednesday that it would appeal a $81 million Clean Water Act penalty for gross negligence stemming from a 2006 oil spill to the Fifth Circuit, less than two months after a Louisiana federal judge rejected the company's bid to shrink the award.
March 21, 2016
A Louisiana federal judge on Friday denied Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s bid to shrink an $81 million Clean Water Act penalty for gross negligence stemming from a 2006 oil spill, finding that there are no new circumstances warranting such an amendment.
February 11, 2016
The federal government on Wednesday slammed Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s bid to reduce an $81 million Clean Water Act penalty for gross negligence stemming from a 2006 oil spill, arguing a Louisiana federal judge could have imposed an even higher penalty because of Citgo's actions.
January 21, 2016
Citgo Petroleum Corp. urged a Louisiana federal judge to rethink the $81 million Clean Water Act penalty he imposed against the company for gross negligence stemming from a 2006 oil spill, calling his revised judgment unjust and saying he misinterpreted steps it took leading up to the spill.
December 23, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday hit Citgo Petroleum Corp. with a $81 million Clean Water Act penalty for gross negligence stemming from a 2006 oil spill, after the Fifth Circuit in 2013 nixed the original $6 million penalty and negligence finding he imposed against the company.
September 29, 2011
A Louisiana federal judge on Thursday fined Citgo Petroleum Corp. $9 million for violating the Clean Water Act and state law by failing to prevent a leak at a Louisiana refinery that led to a June 2006 oil spill.
March 08, 2011
The federal government on Monday asked for reconsideration of a judge's pre-trial order that any civil penalty against Citgo Petroleum Corp. in a lawsuit over a June 2006 oil spill in Louisiana would be calculated on a per-day basis.
December 20, 2010
A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's bid to maximize Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s liability for a 2006 spill at a Louisiana refinery, finding that the oil company can't be penalized for trapped oil that never made its way to a nearby water source.