Fishermen in Hebei province decided to sue US oil company ConocoPhillips because it is considered guilty of causing the mass death of scallops.
According to the fisheries sector, the company polluted the waters of Bohai Bay after an oil spill occurred in Penglai 19-3 oil field.
The contamination was reported on 3 August by the State Oceanic Administration, a branch of the North Sea.
Currently, the site is operated jointly by a Chinese subsidiary of ConocoPhillips and its partner, the National Offshore Oil Corporation of China.
The president of the Association of Fisheries from Laoting District, Yang Jizhen, admitted that the fishermen’s economic loss ranges from CNY 150 million (USD 23.5 million) to CNY 170 million (USD 26.6 million), as they have lost more than half of the scallops that were being farmed.
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