Berry (Switzerland)

Berry (Switzerland) is identified in the supplied reference material as a company based in Basel, Switzerland. The available material does not establish a verified founding date, founder, ownership structure, website, product portfolio, operating markets, financial profile, executive team, or current status. The name is highly ambiguous and is also associated with unrelated entities, including Berry Global, a United States packaging company, and Berry Corporation, an energy producer. Those entities are not treated as part of this dossier because the supplied Wikidata identifier points specifically to Berry (Switzerland). This entry therefore preserves only the identification and headquarters information supported by the reference material and marks the record for review before publication as a complete brand encyclopedia article.

The available reference identifies Berry (Switzerland) as a company located in Basel, Switzerland, but does not provide enough reliable information to reconstruct a historical narrative. No verified founding year, founder, predecessor organization, ownership change, merger, acquisition, product launch, market expansion, restructuring, or dissolution event is documented in the supplied material. Because the name Berry is shared by several unrelated companies and brands, information about other entities has been excluded rather than attributed to the Swiss company. In particular, the supplied website belongs to Berry Global, a separate United States-based packaging company, while the existing dossier describes Berry Corporation, a separate energy company. Neither source has been established as applicable to Berry (Switzerland). Further research using authoritative Swiss commercial records, company publications, or a verified encyclopedia entry is required before a fuller history can be written.

A domestic, oil-weighted exploration and production company centered on mature California assets and supplemented by operations in Utah and Colorado-area basins.

Product categories. Crude oil · Natural gas · Oil-well services · Electricity generated or sold in connection with field operations

• 1997

  Berry settles civil oil-spill case

  Berry settled a civil action brought by the California state attorney general's office concerning the McGrath Lake spill, agreeing to a $3.2 million fine.

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• 1997

  Civil settlement following the oil spill

  A civil case brought by the California state attorney general’s office was resolved when Berry agreed to a $3.2 million fine.

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• 1994

  Berry resolves criminal case related to oil-spill reporting

  Berry agreed to pay $600,000 and entered a no-contest plea to a misdemeanor charge concerning failure to report the 1993 pipeline leak. A foreman involved in the incident also entered a no-contest plea and received a community-cleanup obligation.

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• 1994

  No-contest plea over spill reporting

  Berry agreed to pay $600,000 and pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of failing to report the leak. The foreman on duty separately pleaded no contest to illegally releasing oil into marine waters and was ordered to perform 320 hours of beach cleanup.

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• 1993

  Berry pipeline leak releases heavy crude into McGrath Lake

  A pipeline owned by Berry leaked approximately 84,000 gallons of heavy crude oil into McGrath Lake near Oxnard, California. The account cited operational and maintenance issues involving the aging line.

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• 1993

  McGrath Lake crude-oil spill

  A Berry-owned pipeline released approximately 84,000 gallons of heavy crude oil into McGrath Lake near Oxnard, California. The cited account attributed the incident to the use of an aging gas pipeline for crude transport without upgrades and to an unrepaired safety-valve failure.

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2. 2Berry settles civil oil-spill caseen.wikipedia.org