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| Chevron says it got the leak under control on 13 November |
Prosecutors
in Brazil are demanding $10.6bn (£6.8bn) from US oil company Chevron for
environmental damage caused when one of its oil wells leaked off the coast of
Rio de Janeiro.
The
prosecutors also asked the court to immediately suspend the operations of
Chevron and its drilling contractor, Transocean, in Brazil.
Brazil has
already fined Chevron $28m for the spill on 8 November.
A Chevron
official said the company had not yet been notified of the suit.
The
prosecutors who brought the case argued that "Chevron and Transocean
weren't capable of controlling the damages from a spill of 3,000 barrels of
oil, which proves a lack of environmental planning and management".
They also
accused Chevron of keeping information from Brazil's oil regulator, known by its
initials ANP.
Chevron has
been banned from drilling any new wells for at least three months, while the
ANP investigates the spill.
Chevron has
accepted full responsibility for the leak.
The company
said it had underestimated the pressure of underwater oil deposits while
drilling, causing oil to rush up the bore hole and seep into the surrounding
seabed.
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