Amid the criticism heaped on
ConocoPhillips Co - the United States-based energy conglomerate whose
operations spilled more than 700 barrels of oil into the waters of
China's Bohai Bay in June - the nation's industrial experts are
clamoring for a review of the policies for oil and gas exploration with
foreign oil companies in China.
Some oil analysts have said that the
spill was not "disastrous" either in terms of the amount of oil leaked
or its environmental impact and is not comparable with BP PLC's massive
oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. However, the accident stirred up
widespread public anger against ConocoPhillips China because of what
some Chinese observers claimed to be the company's "inefficient cleanup"
operation and its perceived indifference.
Eventually the country's top maritime
watchdog prepared a lawsuit against a foreign oil company for the first
time in relation to an oil spill. More Read
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