July 21, 2021
ExxonMobil Corp. and Esso Standard Oil Co. will pay Puerto Rico $25 million to settle numerous allegations that they polluted the territory's groundwater with a common gasoline additive, in a deal approved by a Puerto Rico federal court Wednesday.
April 14, 2020
Chevron and other oil companies urged a Puerto Rico federal court Monday to allow jurors in the territory's suit over groundwater pollution to hear evidence and testimony about numerous contaminants other than a chemical in their gasoline, saying excluding the information would deny the companies a fair trial.
March 19, 2019
Oil companies Shell and Total are fighting Puerto Rico's bid to expand its claims that the firms contaminated groundwater and soil through a chemical in their gasoline, arguing Tuesday that the commonwealth can't upend years-old rulings from a multidistrict litigation court that narrowed the suit.