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Activists press for additional $25 billion in fines against BP over Gulf oil spill
BP should be on the hook for an additional $25bn to restore environmental damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, even if the company is hit with a record-breaking $17.6bn in fines at a civil trial next week, campaign groups said on Thursday. BP will face the largest environmental…
Judge approves BP’s $4.5 billion plea deal over Gulf oil spill
A US judge on Tuesday approved a $4.5 billion deal in which BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill — but the British energy giant’s legal woes are far from over. BP is set to return to the Louisiana courthouse on February 25…
Former BP engineer charged with destroying evidence in Gulf oil spill
The US justice department has made the first arrest in connection with the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, charging a former engineer with destroying evidence relating to the amount of oil gushing from BP’s stricken well. Two years after the 20 April 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon, the justice…
BP reaches $7.8 billion settlement over US oil spill
Oil giant BP has reached a $7.8 billion (5.9 billion euro) deal to settle thousands of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but some of the victims said Saturday that the money won’t bring the disaster to a close. The settlement announced late Friday does not affect what is anticipated…
U.S. eyes first BP criminal charges over Gulf spill: report
US prosecutors are readying criminal charges against British oil giant BP employees over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident that led to the catastrophic Gulf oil spill, The Wall Street Journal reported online. The charges if brought and prosecuted by the US Justice Department would be the first criminal charges over the disaster. Citing sources close to the matter, the Journal said…
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