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BP Settles for $4.5B in Gulf Spill | Reduction

BP Settles for $4.5B in Gulf Spill

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BP said Thursday that it will pay $4. 5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and plead guilty to criminal charges related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress. The day of reckoning comes more than two years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The figure includes nearly $1. 3 billion in criminal fines — the biggest criminal penalty in U.S. history — along with payments to certain government entities. A person familiar with the settlement said two BP employees will also face manslaughter charges over the deaths of 11 people in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that triggered the spill. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter on the record and spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Carl-Henric Svanberg

Overall Sentiment: 0.133848

Relevance: 0.22908

SentimentQuote
0.15659"We believe this resolution is in the best interest of BP and its shareholders," said Carl-Henric Svanberg, ...
0.118444"We believe this resolution is in the best interest of BP and its shareholders," said Carl-Henric Svanberg, BP chairman. "It removes two significant legal risks and allows us to vigorously defend the company against the remaining civil claims."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.275034
  • Mean: 0.137517
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Attorney General Eric Holder

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Relevance: 0.206526

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Organization: BP

Overall Sentiment: -0.0570907

Relevance: 0.867864

Organization: Congress

Overall Sentiment: -0.495577

Relevance: 0.360262

Disambiguation: Dedicator | GovernmentalBody | Legislature | NaturalOrCulturalPreservationAgencyReferences:

Company: BP PLC

Overall Sentiment: 0.0616075

Relevance: 0.415881

Disambiguation: Brand | AwardWinner | ProjectParticipantReferences:

FieldTerminology: oil spill

Overall Sentiment: -0.352872

Relevance: 0.592058

FieldTerminology: Clean Water Act

Overall Sentiment: 0.0605538

Relevance: 0.3161

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