BP agrees to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for U.S. oil spill

BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever.

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Publication Date: 
16/11/2012
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
British Petroleum (BP), Petrochemical Industry, United States Of America (US), Oil Pollution, Marine Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Environment, Compensation, Gulf Of Mexico, Marine Life, Water Pollution