BP found grossly negligent over Macondo oil spill

摘要

Oil major BP has been found to have been grossly negligent over the explosion and oil spill that leaked around 5mn barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and killed 11 people in 2010. Subcontractors Transocean and Halliburton were found to have been 'negligent'. The ruling, from a judge in a US District Court in Louisiana, means that BP may face up to $18bn in additional fines. The court found that BP's activities at the well amounted to 'wilful misconduct', and that the company was 67% responsible for the disaster. Transocean was found 30% responsible, and Halliburton (responsible for the cement job on the well) 3%.