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Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands

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Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands

Of the total penalty, $20,000 will fund supplemental environmental projects, $15,000 will go to the California Hazardous Materials Investigators Association and $5,000 will go to the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund+8.2% 30d

    United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+7.4% 30d

    Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings+11.0% 11d

    ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • CVX Chevron+9.9% 30d

    Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • COP ConocoPhillips+11.7% 30d

    ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • SHEL Shell+0.1% 13d

    Shell (crude petroleum and natural gas): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
USO-3.36%-2.27%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XLE-2.42%-2.96%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XOM-3.61%-3.44%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
CVX-2.74%-2.34%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
COP-3.61%-3.79%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
SHELNo price data for this ticker———————

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands Santa Barbara News-Press

Source: Santa Barbara News-Press

United States Oil Fund (USO) since this story, compared with the market

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Conocophillips (COP)three days earlier-3.79%final price
Conocophillips (COP)five days earlier-3.61%final price
Chevron (CVX)three days earlier-2.34%final price
Chevron (CVX)five days earlier-2.74%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)three days earlier-2.27%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)five days earlier-3.36%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)three days earlier-2.96%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)five days earlier-2.42%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)three days earlier-3.44%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)five days earlier-3.61%final price

Trades by members of Congress and officials in the stocks in this story

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United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story

Companies tied to this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    For “Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    In “Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands,” ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • CVX Chevron

    In “Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands,” Chevron (CVX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • COP Conocophillips

    Conocophillips (COP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 26 Oct 2026 story “Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands.” Reason on file: ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • SHEL Shell

    For “Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands,” Shell (SHEL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Shell (crude petroleum and natural gas): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

How energy news reaches United States Oil Fund (USO)

“Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands” (26 Oct 2026) reaches United States Oil Fund (USO) through Energy.

What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is here too. Its reason reads: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

The price range for United States Oil Fund (USO), and the dates in the story

USO traded between 141.82 and 169.96 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 169.55. XLE traded between 60.95 and 69.72 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 69.32. XOM traded between 164.06 and 183.70 across 11 sessions. The latest close on file is 183.21.

A simple score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill in Channel Islands” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 6 linked companies.