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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill
- 10,000 barrels of oil were spilled on Peru’s waters in 2022
- Pogust Goodhead says it is representing 35,000 victims in Peru
Workers clean Cavero beach following an oil spill in Callao, Peru, on Feb. 18, 2022.
Photographer: Miguel Yovera/BloombergRepsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.
Tom Goodhead, chief executive officer of Pogust Goodhead, said the lawsuit was filed last week in The Hague, where a company owning Repsol’s Peru’s subsidiary is registered. The lawsuit is tied to the 2022 spill in which 10,000 barrels of oil were spilled into the Pacific Ocean as oil was being discharged onto the La Pampilla refinery, owned by Repsol.