Debusschere says Murphy Oil’s million-gallon spill will be included in LOSCO’s modeling of Katrina and Rita damages. Murphy Oil officials did not return several voicemail messages seeking comment.

In 2007, the EPA fined the same Murphy Oil facility $395,313 in civil penalties plus $1.5 million in cleanup costs after a large benzene leak. That case was settled in April 2019.

Hoping to forestall a class-action lawsuit over a large oil spill from its Louisiana refinery during Hurricane Katrina, Murphy Oil Corp. is trying to persuade residents to settle with the company.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Murphy Oil Corp. after Monday's closing bell said its USA Inc. unit has reached a proposed $330 million settlement for the consolidated class action litigation ...

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 ...