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BP Could Face New $18 Billion Damages from 2010 US Oil Spill

08.09.2014 - British oil and petrochemicals group BP could be fined more than $18 billion by the US government for its April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico...

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Transocean to Pay $1.4 Billion for Role in BP Oil Spill

04.01.2013 - Transocean agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges over BP's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 and the rig contractor admitted that its crew on the...

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BP Faces Record Fine Over Spill

15.11.2012 - BP is expected to pay a record U.S. criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster through a plea deal reached with the Department...

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Vote On $7 Billion Ensco/Pride Deal Set For End Of May

27.04.2011 - Shareholders of offshore drilling contractors Ensco and Pride International will vote on May 31 on the proposed acquisition of Pride by Ensco for more than $7 billion. The deal...

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Obama Says 'Long Battle' In Gulf Close To End

05.08.2010 - BP said on Wednesday it was close to subduing its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and the White House hailed the "beginning of the end" of efforts to contain the worst spill in U...

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BP's Next Steps On Killing Gulf Leak

26.07.2010 - BP was working to ready the first of two relief wells to bore into its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well about 3.9 km under the seabed and permanently plug and seal the leak. Along the...

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U.S. Oil Spill Panel Weighs Mounting Economic Impact

13.07.2010 - Sal Sunseri's P&J Oyster Company has worked Louisiana waters since 1876, making it the oldest operating oyster processor in the United States. But the future is grim, he told a...

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Oil Spill Should Accelerate Offshore Driller Deals

01.07.2010 - The U.S. has suddenly become a much riskier place for oil drillers to operate, a consequence of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that could spark a deal making binge. The offshore oil...