Oil

GCC oil ministers pose for a photo from right to left:- Omani oil Minister Mohammad bin Hamad bin Saif al-Rumhi, Emirati Energy Minister Mohammed bin Dhaen al-Hamli, Bahraini oil minister Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naeimi, Kuwaiti oil minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Abdullah, Qatari oil minister oil Abdullah al-Ateyya and the assestant for the GCC general secretary for the economic affairs Mohammad al-Mazroee prior to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil ministers meeting in Kuwait City on October 10, 2010.

BARATARIA BAY, LA - DECEMBER 05: Marsh grasses battered by oil (SEEN AT CENTER) from the BP oil spill are seen with oil boom December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

BARATARIA BAY, LA - DECEMBER 05: An air gun (L), used to keep birds away from oil remaining on the island, is seen behind marsh grasses battered by oil from the BP oil spill December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

Containers filled with oil processing chemicals can be seen stocked near an field processing facility in the Unity oil field in Unity State on November 10, 2010. In Toma South, Garjang Gieng , the environment Minister for Unity State saw a pond containing six containers like these from which a thick tar-like substance was leaking and oozing into the soil. He spent a quarter of an hour haranguing a Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (NPOC) engineer about what he had seen. After the man promised to pass on Gieng's concerns to GNPOC management, the minister replied curtly: 'That's right. Tell them.' .South Sudan officials are concerned at the environmental damage being caused by the oil industry. Their potentially rich but grossly underdeveloped region is in a quandary. Its desperately poor people, mostly subsistence farmers and cattle grazers, need oil money but officials say livelihoods are being threatened by pollution. The problem, says Sign of Hope's Klaus Stieglitz, is that 'some of these ponds are heavily contaminated, and the fact that there is no plastic lining' means there is seepage into the ground water layer. Stieglitz of the Germany-based group has spent the past three years denouncing oil pollution in Sudan.

Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naeimi (R), Kuwaiti oil minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Abdullah (C), and Qatari oil minister oil Abdullah al-Ateyya pose for a photograph before the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil ministers meeting in Kuwait City on October 10, 2010.

BARATARIA BAY, LA - DECEMBER 05: A hawk flies over marsh grasses battered by oil from the BP oil spill December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

BARATARIA BAY, LA - DECEMBER 05: A bird flies over marsh grasses battered by oil from the BP oil spill December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

VENICE, LA - DECEMBER 05: Migratory white pelicans take off from the shorline of an island battered by oil from the BP oil spill December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

BARATARIA BAY, LA - DECEMBER 05: Marsh grasses battered by oil (SEEN AT CENTER) from the BP oil spill are seen December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

BARATARIA BAY, LA - DECEMBER 05: Marsh grasses covered in oil from the BP oil spill are seen December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

VENICE, LA - DECEMBER 05: Migratory white pelicans sit on the battered shorline of an island damaged by oil from the BP oil spill December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. Some of the islands are nesting areas for birds. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

A man empties a bucket of oil recovered from water in the port city of Dalian, in China's northern Liaoning province on July 25, 2010. Chinese authorities battled to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact, after about 1,500 tonnes of oil spill happened on July 16 as two pipelines exploded at an oil storage depot, triggering a spectacular blaze that burned throughout the weekend.

A worker collects oil from a spill in the port city of Dalian, in China's northern Liaoning province on July 25, 2010. Chinese authorities battled to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact, after about 1,500 tonnes of oil spill happened on July 16 as two pipelines exploded at an oil storage depot, triggering a spectacular blaze that burned throughout the weekend.

Two US oil workers freed after being taken hostage by Niger Delta militants Two American oil workers Jeffrey James (L) and James Robertson stand together after being released by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Port Harcourt on November 18, 2010. Foreign oil workers among 19 hostages freed by Nigeria's military described a 'shocking' ordeal, while an official said no ransom was paid for their release. The military freed the 19 hostages in an operation in the Niger Delta region, the heart of one of the world's largest oil industries. The victims included American, French, Indonesian, Canadian and Nigerian nationals.

Tainted water with by-products of oil production bubbles up to the surface of a containment point near an oil refinery in the Unity State in Southern Sudan on November 11, 2010. South Sudan officials are concerned at the environmental damage being caused by the oil industry. Their potentially rich but grossly underdeveloped region is in a quandary. Its desperately poor people, mostly subsistence farmers and cattle grazers, need oil money but officials say livelihoods are being threatened by pollution.

Men empty buckets of oil recovered from a spill in the port city of Dalian, in China's northern Liaoning province on July 25, 2010. Chinese authorities battled to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact, after about 1,500 tonnes of oil spill happened on July 16 as two pipelines exploded at an oil storage depot, triggering a spectacular blaze that burned throughout the weekend.

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS - DECEMBER 06: Freshly caught oysters are seen on a dock December 6, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The oyster industry has been crippled by the BP oil spill, dock workers said they used to receive about 2,500 sacks of oysters per day, now they take in around 300. The workers believe oil and dispersants have killed off much of the oyster population. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS - DECEMBER 06: Workers offload oysters December 6, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The oyster industry has been crippled by the BP oil spill, dock workers said they used to receive about 2,500 sacks of oysters per day, now they take in around 300. The workers believe oil and dispersants have killed off much of the oyster population. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS - DECEMBER 06: An oyster fisherman unloads his catch December 6, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The oyster industry has been crippled by the BP oil spill, dock workers said they used to receive about 2,500 sacks of oysters per day, now they take in around 300. The workers believe oil and dispersants have killed off much of the oyster population. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS - DECEMBER 06: An oyster fisherman unloads his catch December 6, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The oyster industry has been crippled by the BP oil spill, dock workers said they used to receive about 2,500 sacks of oysters per day, now they take in around 300. The workers believe oil and dispersants have killed off much of the oyster population. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS - DECEMBER 06: An oyster fisherman unloads his catch December 6, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The oyster industry has been crippled by the BP oil spill, dock workers said they used to receive about 2,500 sacks of oysters per day, now they take in around 300. The workers believe oil and dispersants have killed off much of the oyster population. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS - DECEMBER 06: An oyster fisherman unloads his catch December 6, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The oyster industry has been crippled by the BP oil spill, dock workers said they used to receive about 2,500 sacks of oysters per day, now they take in around 300. The workers believe oil and dispersants have killed off much of the oyster population. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.

Oil lies on the surface of water in the port city of Dalian, in China's northern Liaoning province on July 25, 2010. Chinese authorities battled to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact, after about 1,500 tonnes of oil spill happened on July 16 as two pipelines exploded at an oil storage depot, triggering a spectacular blaze that burned throughout the weekend.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar (L), Don Winter of the National Academy of Engineering (2L), Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.) (2R) and Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes wait for a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R) Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes, Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu speak after presenting at a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.) (L) speaks with Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar (C) and Don Winter of the National Academy of Engineering before a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.) arrives for a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar (R) listens as Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.) speaks during a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.) (L) and Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar (C) listen as Secretary of Energy Steven Chu speaks during a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.) (L), Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar (2L), Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes (C), and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (2R) listen as Tom Hunter, former director of Sandia National Laboratory, speaks during a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Marcia McNutt (L), director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar (C), Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes (2R) and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (R) listen as Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.) speaks during a meeting at the Department of the Interior September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar hosted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gulf Oil Spill National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), representatives from the private sector and others to discus strengthening the containment abilities to deep water oil and gas well blowouts like the recent BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Kuwaiti Oil minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah waits for the start of an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting today to decide whether to make changes to its oil output amid a pick-up in demand for energy.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi talks to journalists at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting to decide whether to change production levels amid a rise in demand, as the oil price edged up.

View of the Petrobras P-52 off-shore oil platform in operation in the Campos basin, some 200 km north of Rio de Janeiro on August 21, 2008. The Petrobras P-51 platform, under construction at the Brasfelf shipyard in Angra dos Reis and destined to the Marlin Blue oilfield, is designed to extract more than 180,000 oil barrels and 6 millions of cubic meters of gas per day from a depth of 1,225 metres. State-owned oil company Petrobras has invested USD 830 million and employed more than 5,000 people in the exploitation of the Marlin oilfield.

Local residents collect oil from the site following a gunmen attack on NATO supplies oil tankers in Quetta on October 6, 2010. One person was killed when at least 10 NATO oil tankers were set ablaze in Quetta, senior police officials said -- the fourth such attack in six days.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi talks to journalists at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting to decide whether to change production levels amid a rise in demand, as the oil price edged up.

Two Indonesian oil workers freed after being taken hostage by Niger Delta militants Permana Nugraha (L) and Robert Tampubolon hold each other after being released by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Port Harcourt on November 18, 2010. Foreign oil workers among 19 hostages freed by Nigeria's military described a 'shocking' ordeal, while an official said no ransom was paid for their release. The military freed the 19 hostages in an operation in the Niger Delta region, the heart of one of the world's largest oil industries. The victims included American, French, Indonesian, Canadian and Nigerian nationals.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi talks to journalists at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting to decide whether to change production levels amid a rise in demand, as the oil price edged up.

The nineteen oil and contruction workers taken hostage by Niger Delta militants and during an operation to free 19 hostages by the Joint Task Force (JTF) sit together in Port Harcourt on November 18, 2010. Foreign oil workers among 19 hostages freed by Nigeria's military described a 'shocking' ordeal, while an official said no ransom was paid for their release. The military freed the 19 hostages in an operation in the Niger Delta region, the heart of one of the world's largest oil industries. The victims included American, French, Indonesian, Canadian and Nigerian nationals.

Local residents collect oil from the site following a gunmen attack on NATO supplies oil tankers in Quetta on October 6, 2010. One person was killed when at least 10 NATO oil tankers were set ablaze in Quetta, senior police officials said -- the fourth such attack in six days.

Iraqi Minister of Oil Hussein Al-Shahristani arrives for the 157th meeting of the OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting here on Thursday to decide whether to make changes to its oil output amid a pick-up in demand for energy.

Kuwaiti Oil minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah arrives for an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting today to decide whether to make changes to its oil output amid a pick-up in demand for energy.

Iraqi Minister of Oil Hussein Al-Shahristani arrives for the 157th meeting of the OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting here on Thursday to decide whether to make changes to its oil output amid a pick-up in demand for energy.

Kuwaiti Oil minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah arrives for an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on October 14, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting today to decide whether to make changes to its oil output amid a pick-up in demand for energy.

One of the New harbor Islands is protected by two oil booms against the oil slick that has passsed inside of the protective barrier formed by the Chandeleur Islands, as cleanup operations continue for the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster off Louisiana, on May 10, 2010. Days after failing to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill with a giant dome, BP said it will make a second attempt this week using a smaller version dubbed the 'top hat.' A four-story, 100-ton box was lowered Friday to the seabed to try to capture most of the oil and allow it to be funneled up to a ship on the surface, but it was rendered useless on Sunday when ice crystals formed in its domed roof. BP experts believe the smaller 'top hat' containment box would not suffer the same problem as it would not hold so much freezing cold seawater, and they are preparing to drop it into the inky depths to carry out a similar fix to what is unfolding as one the worst oil spills in US history.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S Coast Guard Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger (C), Deputy National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, listens to Actor Kevin Costner (L) and Craig Paul Taffaro Jr. (R), president of St. Bernard Parish La., give their testimony on the Department of Homeland Security's response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in a House of Representative's Committee on Homeland Security hearing at the Cannon House Office Building on September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Costner has helped fund and develop technology for oil cleanup that includes oil-separating machines and specialized boats for oil collection.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S Coast Guard Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger (C), Deputy National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, listens to Actor Kevin Costner (L) and Craig Paul Taffaro Jr. (R), president of St. Bernard Parish La., give their testimony on the Department of Homeland Security's response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in a House of Representative's Committee on Homeland Security hearing at the Cannon House Office Building on September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. Costner has helped fund and develop technology for oil cleanup that includes oil-separating machines and specialized boats for oil collection.

Water is poured into a pond near drilling site number 102 in the Unity oil field in Southern Sudan on November 11, 2010. Water is essential for oil exploration and it is mixed with heavy chemicals that make the drilling hole stable. The water used in the explotation of oil then becomes a sensitive byproduct that needs major processing in the after use of it. South Sudan officials are concerned at the environmental damage being caused by the oil industry. Their potentially rich but grossly underdeveloped region is in a quandary. Its desperately poor people, mostly subsistence farmers and cattle grazers, need oil money but officials say livelihoods are being threatened by pollution. In January, southerners will have a chance to take a step towards redressing that problem, voting in a referendum on whether to separate from the rest of the country and form a new state.

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 27: Members of the Oil Spill Commission listen to Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander for the Gulf oil spill, speak during a BP Oil Spill Commission panel discussion on September 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. The commission is hearing testimony on the decision making within the unified command in dealing with the April 20 explosion and fire killed 11 workers, sunk the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and unleashed 206 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.

BARATARIA BAY, LA - DECEMBER 05: Shrimp boats are seen December 5, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Shrimping has been reopened in the area although 4,200 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico remains closed to shrimping after tarballs were found in a shrimpers net. Nearly eight months after the spill, oil remains along the shoreline of some of the barrier islands in the area and has killed off sections of marsh grass. BP lawyers said that government estimates of the size of the oil spill are too large in a dispute that will mark how many billions of dollars in fines the oil giant will have to pay.