Apcd2009

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Drilling supplier Transocean says it is cooperating with authoritiesState media: Officials are studying whether to fine Chevron $30 millionChevron admits accountability, says it does not know how much smear with oil has leakedRio de Janeiros natural environment desk criticizes TransoceanSao Paulo, Brazil Officials here Brazils Rio de Janeiro state are taking into consideration fining Chevron $30 million greater than an smear with oil spill rancid the countrys coast, state media reported Monday.The company may well moreover be located compulsory to earnings in favor of environmental costs, Rio de Janeiro nature desk Carlos Minc assumed, according to state-run Agencia Brasil.Compensating affected fishermen possibly will cost up to $10 million, Minc thought.The milieu desk plus criticized drilling service provider Transocean, accusing the company of difficult to drill by too great a pressure, certain the geological characteristics of the ocean floor.This accident was avoidable. .