Chevron Moves to Intervene in Sierra Club Suit Over Deepwater Spill

NEW ORLEANS - Chevron U.S.A. has moved to intervene in a lawsuit by environmental groups who want to challenge the Department of Interior's requirements for exploratory drilling by oil and gas leaseholders in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Restoration Network, et al. v. Salazar, et al., No. 2:10-cv-01497-CJB-SS [In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL No. 2179 (E.D. La.).

Chevron USA Inc. filed the motion on Aug. 26 in the coordinated Deepwater Horizon spill litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Louisiana. The …