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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

BP raises the estimated cost of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to $40 billion.
2010-11-2

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

The Government of the United States claims that nearly 5 million barrels of oil have spilt from the "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, making it the largest accidental maritime oil spill ever.
2010-08-2

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

Alarms on the "Deepwater Horizon" oil rig are found to have been disabled before the explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
2010-07-23

BP reports that no oil is leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for the first time since it began in April.
2010-07-15

Two undiscovered species of pancake batfish are discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, in areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
2010-07-8

BP's costs for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill reach $3.12 billion, for cleanup, containment, relief well drilling and damage claims.
2010-07-5

Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots as fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the United States government and BP have given.
2010-05-16