Repsol of Spain is confronting a class action lawsuit involving 30,000 claimants in Peru over a significant oil spill in 2022. The lawsuit, which seeks $1bn in compensation for the plaintiffs, comes on the two-year anniversary of the incident, which ranks among Peru’s most severe ecological disasters.

The spill, which originated from Repsol’s La Pampilla refinery, led to the discharge of more than 10,000 barrels of oil into the Pacific Ocean and onto beaches, contaminating approximately 106 km of Peru’s central Pacific coastline and causing extensive harm to local fishing and tourism industries.

London-based law firm Pogust Goodhead is overseeing the new class action suit, recently filed in The Hague. Meanwhile, Repsol is also facing an additional $4.5bn civil lawsuit in Peru.

The Spanish company’s Peruvian subsidiary has previously reported that it completed all cleaning and remediation efforts and allocated around $270mn in compensation to victims identified by the Peruvian government. As such, Repsol itself has responded to the filing of the lawsuit by denying the claims.

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