Judge Puts BP's Top Fine at $13.7 Billion for Gulf Oil Disaster; U.S. Sought $18 Billion

BP Plc (BP/) faces a maximum fine of $13.7 billion after a U.S. judge ruled that the company dumped 3.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 -- about a quarter less than the U.S.

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Publication Date: 
16/01/2015
Bloomberg
Tags:
Environment, Oil Pollution, British Petroleum (BP), Court, United States Of America (US), Water Pollution, Petrochemical Industry, Pollution