Interior Official Says BP Must Report, Pay Royalties on Captured Oil From Gulf Spill

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BP Plc will be liable for reporting and paying royalties for the oil and natural gas captured from the leaking Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the terms of its lease, the Department of the Interior said in a July 15 letter to the company.rnThe company also will be required to pay royalties on lost or wasted natural gas and oil if it is determined negligence or any regulatory violations played a part in the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent leak, Michael Bromwich, director of the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, said in the letter to BP America Inc.