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

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BP agrees to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for U.S. oil spill [1]

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.

Publication Date:

16/11/2012

Source: Planet Ark (Australia) [2]

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