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London-based BP agrees, pending court approval, to pay $US18.7 billion to compensate the United States government and the five Gulf Coast states--Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas--for damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The settlement includes a civil penalty of $US5.5 billion under the Clean Water Act.
2015-07-2

The US Supreme Court rejects BP's challenge to their "Deepwater Horizon" gulf oil spill settlement.
2014-12-8

CEO Bob Dudley outlines a strategy to rebuild public trust, after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
2010-10-25

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

Admiral Thad Allen, the man in charge of the US Government's efforts to clear up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, has given clearance for BP to pour cement into its Gulf of Mexico oil well.
2010-08-4

BP announces that Tony Hayward is to step down as CEO following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and will be replaced by Bob Dudley on October 1st.
2010-07-27

BP sets aside $32.2bn to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
2010-07-27

It is revealed that BP chief executive Tony Hayward is negotiating his terms of exit after being negatively criticised by politicians in the United States over his handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
2010-07-25

The United States Government gives BP a 24-hour deadline to answer questions about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as providing detailed information and plans on stopping the leak.
2010-07-9

BP chief executive Tony Hayward hands over responsibility for cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to senior executive Bob Dudley "effective immediately".
2010-06-23