Police say Chevron unprepared to deal with spill

The head of environmental affairs for Brazil's federal police says oil company Chevron was not prepared for the offshore oil spill at one of its wells. Fabio Scliar says Chevron personnel at the well told his investigators that they were ``completely unprepared to handle an emergency such as this.'
He says Saturday Chevron was alerted to the spill on November 7 by Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras, which operates a well in a nearby region. Brazil's environmental protection agency has said that nearly 110,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Atlantic Ocean. Chevron has said that less spilled. It is working to plug the seep and has sent ships to help clean it up. An AP request emailed to Chevron seeking comment went unanswered.