The maximum BP penalty for spill in the Gulf of Mexico is estimated at $ 13,7 billion

BP faces a maximum fine of $ 13,7 billion for leaking more than 2010 million barrels of oil in 3 a year after the accident on the company's oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, Bloomberg writes. District judge Carl Barbier rejected on Thursday a lawsuit by the US government demanding to recover $ BP from 18 billion. He conducted a lawsuit concerning the extent of the company's fault in the largest oil spill in US history, and agreed that it was not 4,2 million barrels that poured into the bay, and 3,19 million barrels of oil.

Next week there will be a lawsuit, in which Barbier will determine the amount of interest, based on the fact that BP will be obliged to pay $ 4,3 thousand for each barrel that fell into the water, and also on how much BP has done everything possible to reduce the disaster to the minimum. BP has already allocated $ 3,5 billion to cover fines for pollution. In addition, the company spent more than $ 28 billion on oil spill liquidation, refining and claims from various parties.

On the oil platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, which was operated by BP 20 on April 2010, an explosion occurred. The incident caused severe damage to the Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida ecosystems.

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