ExxonMobil agrees for pay Valdez damages...

摘要

Nearly 20 years after one of its tankers ran aground and spilled 34,000 tons of crude oil on the Alaskan coast, ExxonMobil is going to pay some damages. The refiner has agreed to pay out 75% of a $507.5 million damages ruling to settle the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, according to a report in the Anchorage Daily News. The paper reported that ExxonMobil will release about $383 million for distribution to the nearly 33,000 commercial fishermen and others who filed suit after the worst tanker crash in U.S. history. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an earlier $2.5 billion award against Exxon, reducing the amount to $507.5 million.