Ohio sues BP for $33.3 million

Ohio State Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board file a lawsuit on March 2 against BP –…

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Supreme Court rejects BP appeal

Reuters reports that the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected BP’s challenge to its multibillion-dollar settlement agreement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The…

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BP seeks reduction in oil spill fines #nosurprise

BP asked Federal Judge Carl Barbier on Friday to cap its potential oil-spill pollution fines at a maximum of $12.3 billion. Prosecutors have said BP…

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Court rules BP still liable for damages

The three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments made by BP that there were errors in the June 4 ruling…

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BP announces big discovery in Gulf

BP announced yesterday an oil discovery at the Guadalupe prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The discovery well, on Keathley Canyon Block 10,…

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Here we go again: BP asks judge to reconsider ruling

Yesterday BP was back in federal court asking that it reconsider the September ruling of Judge Carl Barbier that found the company “grossly negligent” for…

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BP can not force settlement dollars be returned

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled on Wednesday the Gulf Coast businesses won’t have to payback the claims BP paid them as the result of…

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BP is not happy

From its website: BP strongly disagrees with the decision issued today by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and will…

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Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law in BP trial

Here is the summary of U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s conclusions (a link to the full document is below) The Court’s conclusions relative to the…

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Judge rules BP acted with gross negligence in 2010 oil disaster

Bloomberg is reporting that U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier had ruled that BP acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill…

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BP petitions SCOTUS

British oil giant, BP, petitioned on Friday the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its battle over claim payments resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…

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BP employees lawsuit over BP oil disaster revived

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans revived yesterday a lawsuit in which participants in four BP Plc employee retirement savings plans…

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