ConocoPhillips Sued Over Oil Spill in China’s Bohai Bay

A Beijing lawyer has filed a precedent-setting environmental lawsuit in China against a Chinese state-owned oil company and its U.S. partner, ConocoPhillips China, over oil spill damage in China’s northeastern Bohai Bay.
ConocoPhillips Sued Over Oil Spill in China’s Bohai Bay
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/82046678.jpg" alt="A ConocoPhillips Union 76 gasoline station in San Rafael, California. A Chinese state-owned oil company and its U.S. partner, ConocoPhillips China, are being sued over oil spill damage in China's northeastern Bohai Bay. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)" title="A ConocoPhillips Union 76 gasoline station in San Rafael, California. A Chinese state-owned oil company and its U.S. partner, ConocoPhillips China, are being sued over oil spill damage in China's northeastern Bohai Bay. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1799019"/></a>
A ConocoPhillips Union 76 gasoline station in San Rafael, California. A Chinese state-owned oil company and its U.S. partner, ConocoPhillips China, are being sued over oil spill damage in China's northeastern Bohai Bay. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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