Keyword: Deepwater Horizon

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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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BP Seeks to Recoup “Windfall” Gulf Spill Payments

01.07.2014 - BP has asked a US judge to direct what it called a "vast number" of businesses to repay hundreds of millions of dollars it says were wrongly awarded as compensation on claims...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Oil- and Gas-Field Chemicals

02.04.2014 - Soaring Costs - For a rising number of chemical companies, an increasingly profitable market is the sale of chemicals to aid the extraction of oil and gas from deep and...

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Payout Official Set for Surge in BP Spill Claims

17.05.2013 - The deadline for claims against BP in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is...

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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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BP's $7.8 bln Gulf Spill Pact Wins Initial Court OK

03.05.2012 - BP won preliminary court approval of an estimated $7.8 billion settlement to resolve more than 100,000 claims by individuals and businesses stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico...

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U.S. Lawyers Say BP, Spill Partners Harmed Cleanup Crew

01.04.2011 - BP and other companies who had used chemical dispersants to fight the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should compensate the cleanup crew and residents harmed by those toxic chemicals...

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NOAA: Oil Spill Effects in Gulf Largely Unknown

19.11.2010 - Scientists have only begun to understand the impact of the BP Plc oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, a top U.S. fisheries official said on Thursday. While 37% of the Gulf's...