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BP OIL SPILL CIVIL TRIAL

BP is facing multi-district litigation in a civil trial in New Orleans to resolve damages and apportion blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster of April 2010

From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

BP increases challenges to oil spill payouts

A drilling platform near the Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drillship burning off gas collected at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Company believes many payments are unjustified

From COMPANIES May 6, 2013

Protests mount on use of BP Gulf spill funds

Anger as cash to restore coast is put towards convention centre

From COMPANIES Apr 30, 2013

BP faces 2,200 Deepwater lawsuits

Profits beat expectations despite lower production after disposals

From COMPANIES Apr 25, 2013

Issues at heart of Deepwater Horizon

Judge hearing case poses key questions on negligence

From COMPANIES Apr 22, 2013

Halliburton sets aside $1bn for Gulf costs

Oil services group in ‘advanced’ talks on Macondo settlement

Comment and analysis

BP: The case of the century

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BP is facing a mammoth legal action as tens of thousands of plaintiffs fight for compensation

From COMPANIES Apr 21, 2013

Florida and Mississippi sue BP

Damages sought over 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill

From COMPANIES Apr 18, 2013

BP responsible for critical Macondo test

First phase of trial ends in New Orleans

From COMPANIES Apr 15, 2013

BP guidelines on wells not followed

Team leader reveals reporting gaps

Activists protest in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building on the first day of the trial over the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill in New Orleans, Louisiana

©Reuters From COMPANIES Apr 14, 2013

BP has chance to deny misconduct claims

Trial has been exercise in damage limitation

From COMPANIES Apr 14, 2013

The case against BP

Central elements become clear at the end of phase one of the trial

From COMPANIES Apr 8, 2013

Drilling expert comes to BP’s defence

Oil company’s witness says well drilled ‘safely’

From COMPANIES Apr 5, 2013

BP fails to block ‘absurd’ spill payments

Court rejects arguments over Deepwater Horizon compensation

From COMPANIES Apr 4, 2013

BP in key hearing on gulf oil spill costs

Group fights what it says are ‘fictitious’ business losses

From COMPANIES Apr 2, 2013

BP awaits decision on Gulf spill costs

Injunction sought to halt compensation payments

From COMPANIES Mar 20, 2013

BP stays out of bidding for gulf drilling

Uncertainty over length of US ban keeps company from auction

From COMPANIES Mar 15, 2013

BP fights ‘fictitious’ compensation claims

Group says businesses far from gulf coast have been awarded millions

From COMPANIES Mar 7, 2013

BP warns of higher settlement costs

Administrator handing out ‘windfall’ damages, says group

From COMPANIES Mar 6, 2013

BP chief’s payout declines 21.5%

Impact of Deepwater Horizon disaster continues

From COMPANIES Feb 27, 2013

BP misrepresented vital data, trial told

Group continued drilling in ‘dangerous’ conditions, says witness

From COMPANIES Feb 27, 2013

Gulf rig safety was ‘team effort’, says BP

Executive tells court all companies on Deepwater project to blame

From COMPANIES Feb 26, 2013

BP case told of ‘Swiss cheese’ theory

Model of complex accidents at heart of Deepwater Horizon dispute

From COMPANIES Feb 25, 2013

US seeks maximum fine in BP spill trial

Oil group accused of ‘wilful misconduct’

From COMPANIES Feb 22, 2013

Negligence at heart of BP gulf spill trial

Billions of dollars in penalties hinge on unclear legal distinction

From UK Feb 20, 2013

BP and oil-spill states prepare to fight

Deepwater Horizon case to assess liability

From COMPANIES Feb 20, 2013

US ruling will cut BP’s Deepwater penalty

Judge says captured oil should be excluded

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