What about the havoc they wrecked on the economy and peoples jobs? Its a start at least.. Federal court judge Carl Barbier said that the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig blowout, which killed 11 and spilled millions of barrels of oil into Gulf waters, happened because BPs US subsidiaries, along with oil-services company Halliburton and rig owner Transocean, did not take adequate care in drilling a risky well. BPs decisions throughout the drilling process qualified as gross negligence because they were an extreme departure from the care required under the circumstances or a failure to exercise even a slight care. He also said BPs role involved willful misconduct, adding to the penalties that, based on a maximum fine of $4,300 per barrel spilled, could result in a fine of up to $18 billion under the Clean Water Act.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:21:43 +0000
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