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March 19, 2012

Brazilian Court Bars Exit of Chevron, Transocean Workers as Criminal Charges Prepared 
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A Brazilian court has barred 17 employees from oil giant Chevron and the
rig operator Transocean from leaving the country as Brazilian officials
prepare to file criminal charges in connection with a recent deepwater
oil spill. Some 110,000 gallons of oil leaked off the shore of Rio de
Janeiro in November. Last week, Brazil announced more oil was leaking
from cracks on the ocean floor near the offshore Chevron well.



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