US govt may take over oil spill claims
The US government is ready to take over the handling of oil spill damage claims from BP if the British company doesn’t set up an “independent entity” to do it, a presidential spokesman said today.
Speaking from Washington, Robert Gibbs said the oil giant’s claims processing work has been unsatisfactory. He noted that Barack Obama “has the legal authority” to make the claims process independent. Mr Gibbs said “the best way to prevail upon BP is to take the claims process away from BP”.
