BP says Halliburton should pay oil spill costs

BRITISH oil giant BP is pushing the US energy services firm Halliburton, to pay for all the costs BP incurred in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The spill is the worst environmental disaster in US history.

In a US federal court filing, BP said that it was seeking full repayment of damages from Halliburton, alleging it fraudulently put a defective cement seal on a deepwater well, causing a deadly explosion and pollution of the Gulf and neighbouring states.