China has issued its biggest fine for oil spill pollution, asking for Rmb1.7bn ($269m) from ConocoPhillips and Cnooc in compensation for environmental damage caused by oil seepage from their well in the Bohai Bay.
Lax environmental standards in the world’s second-largest economy have left China with chronic pollution and the Bohai Bay spill last summer was the first time Chinese authorities had publicly tackled an oil spill from an offshore well in Chinese waters.
The spill was very small relative to big oil spills such as Deepwater Horizon but served as a milestone for maritime authorities determined to prove their mettle following the Gulf of Mexico spill.
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