Oil has been seeping from the ocean floor since Nov. 8, near where Chevron was drilling an exploratory well. But until now, the company has been slow to acknowledge that the spill was directly related to the drilling, saying instead that the well was "suspected to be contributing" to seepage.
On Saturday evening, however, Chevron spokesman Kurt Glaubitz said, "The drilling was responsible for the seepage."
The Brazilian Petroleum Agency said that between 200 and 330 barrels of oil per day leaked between Nov. 8 and Nov. 15. Chevron said the oil seeps have been reduced to "infrequent droplets."
