The Norwegian state prosecutor has fined the state-owned oil company Statoil 10 million kroner ($1.6 million) for illegally discharging wastewater into the sea.
The fine is one of the highest penalties ever for a violation of the country’s pollution laws, Environment Agency Senior Legal Adviser Anette Fischer told Bloomberg BNA Nov. 8.
The fine, announced in an Oct. 30 Environment Agency statement, related to offenses in late 2011 and early 2012 at the Sture terminal near the port of Bergen. The agency said the company designated the contents of two tanks containing 180 cubic meters (47,550 gallons) of wastewater as ...
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