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U.S. judge approves BP agreement for Gulf oil spill
GlobalPost
Jan 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay $4.5 billion in penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The April 2010 explosion on a rig in ...

Judge OKs BP's guilty plea to manslaughter, other charges, $4 billion in oil ...
Washington Post
NEW ORLEANS — BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter ...

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Judge approves BP agreement for Gulf oil spill
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Jan 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The company said it ...

BP To Pay $4B in Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Settlement
WRIC
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Judge okays BP plea, $4 billion penalty in Gulf oil spill
WHTC
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The company said it pleaded ...

The West Australian
US judge okays BP plea, $4 billion penalty in Gulf oil spill
The West Australian
NTRES REUTERS/Toby Melville. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion (£2.5 billion) in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U ...

NPR (blog)
US judge approves BP agreement for Gulf oil spill
Chicago Tribune
U.S. judge has accepted an agreement by BP Plc. to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay $4.0 billion in penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a court official said on Tuesday. The company had said ...
Judge Approves BP's Manslaughter Plea In 2010 Gulf Oil SpillNPR (blog)
BP Wins Final Approval of Guilty Plea Over Gulf Oil SpillBloomberg
Gulf oil spill: Judge OKs $4B BP criminal settlementPensacola News Journal
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Judge Approves BP's Manslaughter Plea In 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
NPR (blog)
A federal judge has approved a guilty plea by BP to manslaughter charges in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The approved deal includes a record $4 billion in criminal penalties. Eleven workers on the Deep Water Horizon rig died in the April ...
BP's Guilty Plea For 2010 Gulf Spill Approved By Federal JudgeHuffington Post
US judge approves BP agreement for Gulf oil spillChicago Tribune
BP Wins Final Approval of Guilty Plea Over Gulf Oil SpillBloomberg
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Gulf oil spill: Judge OKs $4B BP criminal settlement
Pensacola News Journal
BP agreed in November to plead guilty to charges involving the workers' deaths and for lying to Congress about the size of the spill from its broken well, which spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil. Much of it ended up in the Gulf and soiled the ...

FuelFix (blog)
Guilty: BP admits to causing deaths in spill disaster
FuelFix (blog)
NEW ORLEANS–A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday to a deal that allowed BP to plead guilty to manslaughter and other criminal charges stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill in exchange for a $4 billion fine, probation and independent ...

BP's Guilty Plea For 2010 Gulf Spill Approved By Federal Judge
Huffington Post
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter ...

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BP Wins Final Approval of Guilty Plea Over Gulf Oil Spill
Bloomberg
BP Plc (BP/) won final approval of a $4 billion guilty plea that resolves all criminal charges against the company related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance in New Orleans concluded today ...

Gulf Oil Spill Plea Deal
KLFY
A federal judge will decide whether to approve an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District ...

Gulf oil spill: Judge to rule today on BP's plea deal
Naples Daily News
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of ...

BP guilty plea for Gulf oil spill to be considered by federal judge on Tuesday
NOLA.com
... plea agreement by BP that requires the company to pay $4 billion in fines and other payments to settle criminal charges -- including felony manslaughter -- stemming from the disastrous 2010 Gulf oil spill and the and sinking of the Deepwater ...

Huge New Slick at Site of BP's 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
Center for Research on Globalization
Here is the large surface slick that has been sitting over the Macondo area since last autumn, with as yet no explanation from BP or the US Coast Guard as to its origin. Its persistence, even after the weeks of rough weather we have had in recent weeks ...

RT
Lower Mississippi River shut down after huge oil spill
RT
The Mississippi River has suffered numerous oil spills in the past few years, which carry the risk of further devastating the Gulf Coast. In February 2012, part of the river was shut down for one day after an oil barge collided with a construction ...
Oil spills after two barges strike Mississippi River bridgeLos Angeles Times
Coast Guard to release size of Mississippi River oil spill later today ...Mississippi Press (blog)
Oil spill creates Mississippi River bottleneckCBS News
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BP challenges official estimate of oil spilled in Gulf
Bayoubuzz
(Special from Facing South) — Trying to reduce civil liabilities it faces under the federal Clean Water Act, BP filed a legal motion earlier in January to establish that the number of barrels of oil spilled as a result of its 2010 Deepwater Horizon ...

Nature.com
Minor oil spills are often bigger than reported
Nature.com
By analysing satellite images, oceanographers have found that small oil spills in the heavily drilled northern Gulf of Mexico are often much larger than reported. The researchers presented their results last week at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and ...
Minor Oil Spills Not So MinorScientist

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BP oil spill: Grover Robinson 'a natural fit' for Gulf Consortium chairman
Pensacola News Journal
Grover Robinson, lV, right, talks about possible distribution of Restore Act funds between Escambia County and the City of Pensacola during a meeting with Sen Bill Nelson at Pensacola State College Monday morning, while Property Appraiser Chris Jones, ...