A federal judge Tuesday approved a settlement between Arkansas-based Murphy Oil Corp. and about 6,000 St. Bernard Parish homeowners over an oil spill that happened during Hurricane Katrina.

Arkansas-based Murphy Oil has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for $330 million to cover damages from an oil spill caused by Hurricane Katrina last year, the company and lawyers for the ...

Residents near a New Orleans-area oil refinery spill who moved back into their homes should not have been allowed to do so if those homes show oil damage, federal officials said Thursday.

Murphy Oil USA's refinery in Superior continues to use a dangerous chemical that puts workers and nearby residents at unnecessary risk -- even though experts say safer alternatives are available.

Murphy Oil USA Inc. has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to settle for a reported total of $330 million a class action lawsuit covering a hurricane-related oil spill at its 125,000 ...

NEW ORLEANS — Gov. Kathleen Blanco said a pending federal court settlement in a class-action lawsuit over an oil spill at a Murphy Oil Corp. refinery after Hurricane Katrina will help recovery ...

Murphy Oil Corp. has agreed to a $330 million settlement in a lawsuit over an oil spill that contaminated thousands of homes last year during Hurricane Katrina, a spokesman for ...

According to those agencies, the settlement will dramatically cut sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the company's Superior, Wisc., refinery, and will also improve Murphy Oil's programs to monitor ...