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- Story: Greka’s Monkey Business (Thursday, April 17, 2008)
... Santa Barbara County wanted to give Greka Oil and Gas Corporation the attentio ... ng the national media — are on Greka. But even as everyone works to make ... of the spill and already chewing on Greka’s less-than-stellar track record d ... media for “overreacting” to the Greka spill. Instead, a hearing was schedu ...
- Story: Fallout from the Atomic Dog (Thursday, December 13, 2007)
... Greka Oil has done it again. And again and ... o have down-and-dirty operators like Greka keeping it real. SOMETHING PISSY ... SOMETHING PISSY THIS WAY COMES: Greka Oil has done it again. And again and ... o have down-and-dirty operators like Greka keeping it real. Real messy, that is ...
- Story: Greka Fights County over Fines (Wednesday, February 18, 2009)
... concerning appeals of fines against Greka Energy concluded with little fanfare ... frequent and flagrant oil spills, Greka has been quietly fighting more than ... st how much of the $558,000 in fines Greka must pay. Late last winter, after ... e than 100,000 gallons of crude oil, Greka, the biggest onshore oil operator in ...
- Story: Hearing Examines Greka Woes (Tuesday, January 8, 2008)
... Things went from bad to worse for Greka Energy this past weekend, as yet ano ... f downstream before being stopped by Greka workers and County Fire crews. The s ... uss the recurring toxic spills since Greka came to town in 1999. According to c ... incident brings the total number of Greka spills in the past nine years to 204 ...
- Story: What to Do About Greka (Thursday, March 20, 2008)
... Greka has spilled more than 450,000 gallon ... ndependent ran an article titled, “Greka Spills Again Again.” This followed ... f articles with titles including: “Greka Spills Oil Again” (December 8, 200 ... Oil Again” (December 8, 2007), “Greka Spills Again” (December 20, 2007), ...
- Story: Greka Cries Eco-Terrorism, County Beefs Up Oil Regulations (Thursday, January 17, 2008)
... eeting this week, a spokesperson for Greka Energy attributed a recent rash of l ... eeting this week, a spokesperson for Greka Energy attributed a recent rash of l ... sequent alarm snafus at two separate Greka tanks on December 7 and January 5 th ... of gallons of crude oil into creeks, Greka spokesperson Robert O’Brien testif ...
- Story: Greka Threatens to Lay Off 100 Workers (Saturday, February 2, 2008)
... nta Barbara County petroleum company Greka Oil and Gas announced on Friday, Feb ... ts production.” The statement from Greka continued that up around 100 workers ... .” Then, in a follow-up statement, Greka also countered threats of financial ... iking. The first statement quoted Greka president Andrew deVegvar, who said ...
- Story: Supes Begin 2009 by Tackling Greka Oil Spills (Thursday, January 8, 2009)
... nt and flagrant oil-spilling ways of Greka Energy. It was a day of déjà ... nt and flagrant oil-spilling ways of Greka Energy. After the new officials were ... eries of four spills at North County Greka facilities that occurred during the ... eeting came roughly a year after two Greka-inspired hearings — one hosted ...
- Story: U.S. EPA Holds Greka Responsible for Cleanup of Toxic PCBs (Monday, June 23, 2008)
... Environmental Protection Agency and Greka Oil and Gas holds Greka responsible ... n Agency and Greka Oil and Gas holds Greka responsible for the removal of toxic ... sted water and sediment samples from Greka’s site and the adjoining creek and ... of PCBs. The agreement that EPA and Greka Oil and Gas have entered into is int ...
- Story: Greka Finds Evidence of Sabotage (Saturday, February 9, 2008)
... Tom Parker, the former FBI agent Greka Oil and Gas, Inc., hired to investig ... company announced on February 8. Greka's troubles began December 7 with a 5 ... ve been tampered with," according to Greka. Parker found that a virtually id ... ding the facility was sabotaged, the Greka statement continued: Someone “cut ...
- Story: Environmental Protection Agency Gets Tough on Greka (Thursday, January 31, 2008)
... of a particularly troubling rash of Greka Energy oil spills in the past eight ... late last year, the EPA demands that Greka not only begin the immediate removal ... was “too early to tell” how much Greka would be forced to fork over, he pro ... e no maximums to the potential fines Greka could face.” Ironically, the EP ...
- Story: Is Greka Still Spilling? (Thursday, March 13, 2008)
... week, county staff gave an update on Greka's record: rosier but more work to be ... a full-disclosure special hearing on Greka Energy and its seemingly habitual pr ... While singing a rosier tune about Greka’s efforts to remedy its ways and i ... se explained that the EPA has issued Greka three separate clean-up orders with ...
- Story: Built to Spill (Sunday, March 23, 2008)
... Greka reports another leak occurred late S ... According to press release by a Greka Energy spokesperson, a Greka pump re ... se by a Greka Energy spokesperson, a Greka pump released two barrels of oil ove ... this morning by a night operator at Greka’s Chamberlin tank battery located ...
- Story: Supes to Hear Greka Report at January 15 Meeting (Thursday, January 10, 2008)
... re spokesman notes the total cost of Greka mishaps. Note: The Greka report, ... cost of Greka mishaps. Note: The Greka report, mentioned below, that will b ... rogress of oil spill clean-up at the Greka-Davis Tank Battery facility. On Janu ... at a presentation on this particular Greka incident is scheduled to be presente ...
- Story: Updated: Greka Pipe Allegedly Leaks Underground (Tuesday, April 22, 2008)
... onday evening that another leak at a Greka Oil lease in North County has been d ... overed. Upon inspection of the leak, Greka employees found that a pump in a 200 ... k order for the entire facility, but Greka employees have since turned the pump ... id-saturated dirt around the device. Greka also rebuilt the dirt berm. These ac ...
- Story: Greka to Pay Millions? (Wednesday, July 23, 2008)
... oks to fine Santa Barbara County’s Greka Energy. Trouble for Greka Energ ... y’s Greka Energy. Trouble for Greka Energy continued this week as Califo ... ed a potential $8.6 million fine for Greka stemming from clean-up violations at ... from clean-up violations at several Greka facilities in January of 2007. Acco ...
- Story: Greka Sues County (Thursday, January 29, 2009)
... Greka Energy followed through its longstan ... S. District Court on January 21. Greka Energy followed through its longstan ... d on January 13 is unconstitutional. Greka, the largest onshore operator in San ... gh number of spills in a given year. Greka has good reason to be worried about ...
- Story: Another Greka Leak (Monday, December 24, 2007)
... p-up. It’s another strike for Greka Energy Corporation. Saturday morning ... oncerning a leak of natural gas at a Greka facility. Firefighters discovered th ... discovered the leak — along with a Greka employee attempting to stop the leak ... ill at a nearby location in the same Greka facility. The spill is undergoing in ...
- Story: Greka Goofs Again (Thursday, April 16, 2009)
... crews responded to an oil spill at a Greka Energy facility in Santa Maria this ... ed water. The mishap occurred when a Greka employee was climbing a ladder attac ... spill was successfully contained by Greka employees. For more Greka coverag ... ined by Greka employees. For more Greka coverage, see independent.com/greka. ...
- Story: Greka Spills Oil Again (Saturday, December 8, 2007)
... ir facilities less than a month ago, Greka Energy Company was at it again yeste ... December 7 after a passerby near the Greka Oil Palmer Road facility noticed oil ... ownstream. As is often the case with Greka’s numerous spills, faulty equipmen ... m, an alarm system designed to alert Greka officials of such breakdowns also fa ...
- Story: No Really, Greka Spills Again (Saturday, January 5, 2008)
... yard. Oops, they did it again. Greka Energy, the oil company whose facili ... ti-agency informational hearing over Greka’s recently disastrous record. Nava ... ross the board, the message was that Greka, which came to the county in 1999, i ... t every time his agents respond to a Greka incident, they always find at least ...
- Story: Seasons Greeting From Chairman Nava (Friday, December 21, 2007)
... at he planned to give accident-prone Greka Oil a third-degree Sacramento burn r ... determine just how out-of-compliance Greka Oil has become. Nearly 44,000 barrel ... ta Maria three weeks ago as a result Greka facility malfunction. Greka has amas ... a result Greka facility malfunction. Greka has amassed one of the messiest envi ...
- Story: Greka Names New President and Environmental Plan (Thursday, January 31, 2008)
... Greka announced a new president, Andrew de ... president, Andrew deVegvar and the "Greka Green" facilities improvement plan. ... ies improvement plan. This week, Greka announced a new president, Andrew de ... new president, Andrew deVegvar, the "Greka Green" facilities improvement plan, ...
- Story: Greka Faces Stiff Daily Fines (Thursday, February 7, 2008)
... heat to the controversy surrounding Greka Energy on 1/30... The Federal En ... heat to the controversy surrounding Greka Energy on 1/30 by promising to fine ... e no maximums to the potential fines Greka could face," said Greka on-site coor ... ential fines Greka could face," said Greka on-site coordinator Steve Calanog. ...
- Story: Methane, H2S, and Oil Spilling (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)
... Greka gas leak not contained as of 6 p.m. ... f methane were still escaping from a Greka Oil and Gas facility at 5200 Dominio ... n response to a written report that Greka faxed to the Fire Department at 11 a ... e Department spokesman Eli Iskow. Greka employees explained to the specialis ...
- Story: Greka Spills Again Again (Monday, March 3, 2008)
... officials to respond to yet another Greka oil spill on Monday morning, March 3 ... March 3. The leak was located on the Greka Cal lease at 527 Dominion Road in Sa ... ipeline that traverses over a creek. Greka employees deployed oil absorbent boo ... ns) escaped before the leak stopped. Greka announced that it plans to have the ...
- Story: Environment (Thursday, April 3, 2008)
... Greka was moving way too slowly, the feder ... de of Santa Maria. Charging that Greka was moving way too slowly, the feder ... 900,000 and that it intended to bill Greka for its work. A public relations fir ... rk. A public relations firm hired by Greka has disputed the EPA’s contention, ...
- Story: Environment (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
... Greka President Andrew deVegvar announced ... tiquated equipment as part of its “Greka Green” initiative, a response to s ... ning and oft-spilling machinery. Greka President Andrew deVegvar announced ... tiquated equipment as part of its “Greka Green” initiative, a response to s ...
- Story: One Down, One to Go (Friday, May 23, 2008)
... Greka spill site. If all goes accordin ... rations Friday afternoon, May 23, at Greka Energy’s Bell Lease site, the loca ... e oil spills in recent months. After Greka failed to meet certain procedural cl ... lution leaking into the environment. Greka is required to foot the bill for the ...
- Story: Greka Spill at Union Sugar Lease (Saturday, May 31, 2008)
... nty has issued a stop-work order the Greka Union Sugar Lease Tank Battery in Sa ... acility was the scene of yet another Greka oil spill on Thursday afternoon. Acc ... roduction liquids as well as require Greka to secure the facility. Greka ... Greka to secure the facility. Greka estimates that over 1.500 barrels (6 ...
- Story: County Staff Berated at Supes Oil Hearing (Thursday, July 10, 2008)
... for earlier this year in the wake of Greka Energy’s oil spilling spree—the ... n the county, eight of which were at Greka facilities. (It should be noted, how ... . (It should be noted, however, that Greka has the most facilities in the count ... ker explained that inspections at 18 Greka facilities have unearthed 765 “def ...
- Story: Stoker Enters State Assembly Race (Saturday, May 30, 2009)
... lifornia Assembly District race. The Greka Oil Company spokesperson and former ... as a spokesperson and consultant for Greka in the wake of its numerous onshore ... monitoring by live operators at each Greka site in the county. The company is n ... into the second year of a five-year Greka Green program designed by himself an ...
- Story: Environment 7-24 (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
... nst North County onshore oil company Greka Energy. The Regional Water Qual ... nst North County onshore oil company Greka Energy. Greka has become the focus o ... ty onshore oil company Greka Energy. Greka has become the focus of intense regu ... termine how much of the $8.5 million Greka will pay. • Lieutenant Gover ...
- Story: SB County Petroleum Lawsuit Dismissed (Thursday, April 23, 2009)
... Greka Energy’s claims that a new ordinan ... um administrator, Michael Zimmer, by Greka Energy in January. The court agreed ... the case, and did so with prejudice. Greka had asserted that a recent amendment ... ilities with spill-prone facilities. Greka, the county’s most notorious spill ...
- Story: GREKA OIL GETS FINED: (Thursday, June 8, 2006)
... Greka Integrated, a Santa Maria-based oil and asphalt p ... ction wells, a violation of the Clean Water Act. Greka Integrated, a Santa Maria-based oil and asphalt p ... #8217;s groundwater supplies were contaminated by Greka’s practice. ...
- Story: Environment 10-2 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)
... Nava. AB1960 is a direct response to Greka Energy’s repeated oil spills in Sa ... ken over clean-up work on a derelict Greka Energy operation. According to the E ... rgy operation. According to the EPA, Greka failed to meet “multiple clean-up ... marks the third time since 2005 that Greka’s clean-up operations have been fe ...
- Story: Greka Threatens To Sue County (Thursday, February 7, 2008)
... Greka Energy continued to fight what it calls unreasona ... atening to lay off half its 200-person workforce, Greka Energy continued to fight what it calls unreasona ... ent restrictions on oil production aren't lifted. Greka was ordered to stop work at several of its facili ...
- Story: Greka Closed to Clean Three Spills (Wednesday, November 21, 2007)
... Greka Energy’s Santa Maria facility was closed to all ... ith a total of 171 barrels of crude oil spilled—Greka Energy’s Santa Maria facility was closed by the ... scene have isolated the area and are working with Greka personnel to mitigate the hazard and ensure the f ...
- Story: 84,000 Gallons Spilled in Saturday Oil Leak (Monday, January 7, 2008)
... ent announces official statistics on Greka mishap. The Santa Barbara County ... t of oil spilled this weekend at the Greka-Davis Tank Battery facility, which i ... ent spokesman Captain Eli Iskow said Greka management has reported that the oil ... os Alamos, an alarm failed to notify Greka staffers of the mishap. Iskow com ...
- Photo gallery: Greka's Latest Spill (Sunday, January 6, 2008)
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