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BP faces $13.7bn penalty for oil spill

The latest phase of a US trial to decide how much BP should pay in penalties for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has ended.

Wed, 04 Feb, 2015

BP gulf oil spill trial phase ends

The latest phase of a US trial to decide how much BP should pay in penalties for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has ended.

Tue, 03 Feb, 2015

Oil slick 'the size of Jamaica' hits US coast

An oil spill that is threatening to eclipse the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control and started washing ashore along America's Gulf Coast early today.

Fri, 30 Apr, 2010

Obama sends top officials as oil drifts towards US coast

A MASSIVE oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has become far worse than initially thought crept toward the coast yesterday as US government officials offered help from the military to prevent a disaster that could destroy fragile marshlands along the shore.

Fri, 30 Apr, 2010

Massive oil leak threatens Gulf coast

BP crews raced to protect the Gulf of Mexico coastline as a remote sub tried to shut off an underwater oil well gushing 42,000 gallons a day from the site of a wrecked drilling platform.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2010