government and Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida. JSettlement reachedīP agreed to pay about $18.7 billion in damages for water pollution caused by the spill, settling claims with the U.S. 24, 2015 - Size appealīP appeals judge's ruling on size of the oil spill. Getty Images offers exclusive rights-ready and premium royalty-free analog, HD, and 4K video of the highest quality. The amount would be used to calculate damages. Find professional Deep Water Horizon Oil Rig videos and stock footage available for license in film, television, advertising and corporate uses. 15, 2015 - Size rulingīarbier determines that 3.19 million barrels of oil spilled. He assigns 67 percent of the fault to BP, 30 percent to Transocean and 3 percent to Halliburton. 4, 2014 - Judge finds BP bears most of the blameīarbier finds BP "grossly negligent" for its role in the oil spill. The second phase begins to determine how much oil was spilled. Government lawyers urge Barbier to find BP grossly negligent, which could roughly quadruple the amount of fines under the U.S. states begin facing BP in court at a three-phase civil trial over how blame should be apportioned between BP, Transocean Ltd, which owned the drilling rig, and Halliburton Co, which did cement work. Officials from the federal government and several U.S. Coast Guard via Reuters February 2013 - Civil trial begins
Fire boats battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this Aphandout file photo. The company later says the payout may grow substantially, in part because of payouts to many claimants who suffered no harm, and files numerous legal challenges to the agreement. BP initially estimates it will pay $7.8 billion to settle more than 100,000 claims, but the dollar amount is not capped. District Judge Carl Barbier gives final approval to BP's settlement with individuals and businesses claiming to have lost money and property because of the spill. Department of Justice files criminal charges against three BP employees in connection with the accident. government bans BP from new federal contracts, imperiling the company's role as a top U.S. RELATED: Five Years After BP Spill, Questions Linger in the Gulf November 2012 - Criminal case settledīP agrees to pay $4.5 billion in fines and other penalties and pleads guilty to 14 criminal charges.
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