BP off hook for several billion dollars in oil spill fines
New York (AFP) Jan 16, 2015 - A US judge said Thursday energy giant BP faces a maximum fine of $13.7 billion for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a sum reduced by several billion dollars. A fine of up to $18 billion had originally been set as a possible penalty, based on government estimates that 4.19 million barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico. But US federal court judge Carl Barbier said Thursda ... more
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