Judge's Approval Would Make Settlement Of BP Spill Case a Powerful Tool: Cruden

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Judicial approval of a multibillion-dollar settlement between the federal government and BP Plc over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill would be a powerful tool to ensure that the oil and gas company meets its obligations, a top Justice Department official said March 31. The Justice Department entered a consent decree March 22 with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana that would resolve federal civil charges related to the 2010 spill, which killed 11 workers and released more than 3 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.