Judge Finds BP Grossly Negligent In 2010 Spill; Fines Could Rise to $18 Billion

摘要

BP Pic acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge ruled, handing down a long-awaited decision that may force the energy company to pay billions of dollars more for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster (In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, E.D. La., No. MDL-2179, finding 9/4/14). Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana held a trial without a jury over who was at fault for the 2010 environmental catastrophe, which killed 11 people and spewed oil for almost three months into waters that touch the shores of five states. The case also included Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Co., although the judge didn't find them as responsible for the spill as BP.