BP agrees $4.5bn Macondo settlement

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Shaun Polczer, CALGARY: UK supermajor BP has entered a guilty plea and agreed to pay $4.5 billion - the largest criminal fine in US history - to settle claims stemming from the 2010 Macondo blowout and spill. The settlement, agreed with the Department of Justice, will protect the company from further criminal prosecution, BP said in a statement.