Sources: Reuters
U.S. federal magistrate Carl Barbier's ruling caps BP's fine under the Clean Water Act for its 2010 "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at $13.7 billion. 2015-01-16
The United States Department of Justice files papers in court documenting BP's "gross negligence and willful misconduct" over the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 2012-09-4
The Obama administration launches legal action against BP and its partners to recover the cost of cleaning up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 2010-12-15
BP raises the estimated cost of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to $40 billion. 2010-11-2
Transocean, the company that leased the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, accuses BP of covering up data about the explosion and subsequent oil spill. 2010-09-16
BP is authorized to pump cement into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site after a successful "static kill" procedure with drilling mud. 2010-08-5
BP sets aside $32.2bn to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. 2010-07-27
United States Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the US government's response manager to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster says that BP is making progress stopping the oil flow, but that it is too early to call the effort a success and the spill may continue for several months. 2010-06-6
America's Obama administration warns that BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could continue until August. 2010-06-1
BP sprays more chemicals into the main massive undersea oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico using a deep-sea robot in an attempt to thin the oil which is rushing up from the seabed at the rate of about 210,000 gallons (795,000 liters) per day. 2010-05-10