BP oil spill settlement News

BP Oil Spill Settlement Finalized, Rises to More Than $20B

The value of BP Plc’s settlement with the U.S. government and five Gulf states over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill rose to $20.8 billion in the latest tally of costs from the U.S. Department of Justice. The settlement is the …

BP Agrees to $18.7B Oil Spill Settlement with Government, Gulf States

BP Plc has agreed to a preliminary deal in which it will pay a record $18.7 billion to settle claims by five Gulf states and the U.S. government for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst oil spill in …

BP Oil Spill Deal Doesn’t Cover Claims by Insurers, Banks, Others

BP Plc’s record $18.7 billion settlement ended government claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, leaving numerous smaller private lawsuits to be mopped up. While investors, residents and businesses that didn’t join a 2012 settlement still demand billions, …

BP Settlement Seen as Probable Outcome of Spill Penalty Trial

Last week’s ruling that BP Plc’s Macondo well dumped less oil into the Gulf of Mexico than the U.S. government claimed may trigger a settlement before a decision on the amount it must pay after a trial set to begin …

Oil Spill Research Grant Program Up and Running

The National Academy of Sciences expects to start taking applications this fall for the $500 million assigned to the 30-year research program set up as a result of criminal settlements from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of …

Court Rejects BP Appeal of Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Terms

BP Plc must abide by terms of a $9.2 billion settlement it reached with victims of the 2010 oil spill, a federal appeals court ruled in rejecting the company’s objections that the deal is being misinterpreted by the claims administrator. …

DOJ Language Crushes BP Oil Spill Settlement Hopes

Hopes BP can settle early out of court on liability for its 2010 U.S. Gulf oil spill looked forlorn on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors laid out a legal case for gross negligence on which tens of billions of dollars hang. …