BP to pay record penalty for Gulf oil spill (gallon, attorney, gasoline)

[Dale Cooper]

And it goes to the Treasury, not the victims:

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- BP will plead guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday.

BP to pay record fine for Gulf oil spill - Nov. 15, 2012

[Dale Cooper]

And Tony Hayward, remember him? Is now CEO of another oil company.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by Dale Cooper

And it goes to the Treasury, not the victims:

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- BP will plead guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday.

BP to pay record fine for Gulf oil spill - Nov. 15, 2012

They paid clean-up and restitution separately.

It's like a speeding driver crashes into you. They have to pay for the damages to you but you aren't getting the ticket money too.

[Mathguy]

2 BP employees will face criminal charges. I never heard what the smoking gun was but they must have made some doozy decisions and left a paper trail.

[NoJiveMan]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

2 BP employees will face criminal charges. I never heard what the smoking gun was but they must have made some doozy decisions and left a paper trail.

Wasn't it bad mud to plug the well? One or two peoples decision to use the mud anyway?

Found this link:
http://www.petrostrategies.org/Learn...er_horizon.htm

[Dale Cooper]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

2 BP employees will face criminal charges. I never heard what the smoking gun was but they must have made some doozy decisions and left a paper trail.

Manslaughter, is what I heard.

[CheyDee]

Napolitano: If BP Case Had Been Civil Rather Than Criminal, Settlement Money Would Have Gone to Those Harmed Instead of the Government

"Oil giant BP is set to pay the largest criminal penalty in American history. The company will pay the U.S. government $4.5 billion for the 2010 Gulf oil spill. In a settlement announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder earlier today, BP agreed to plead guilty to 11 felonies associated with the deaths of the 11 people who died when the Deepwater Horizon well exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico.

On today’s Studio B, Judge Andrew Napolitano was critical of the government’s choice to make this a criminal case rather than a civil one. “If this had been a civil settlement, then the money would have been distributed to the people who actually were harmed […] Instead, this money goes to the federal Treasury for the government to spend how it wants.”

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by NoJiveMan

Wasn't it bad mud to plug the well? One or two peoples decision to use the mud anyway?

Found this link:
BP Deepwater Horizon

No idea. But it would seem to be Pre-plug as the deaths occured prior to the plug attempts.

[urbanlife78]

Good, those bastards deserved to pay for this.

[NoJiveMan]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Good, those bastards deserved to pay for this.

Believe it or not, this isn't the first time BP has had oil spills and cited for lack of safe operating procedures.

BP will probably raise fuel or oil prices now to make up for their losses (fines)

Generally here in S.E. Wisconsin, BP fueling stations charge about 10 to 12 cents more per gallon than surrounding filling stations.
Problem with the northshore area is that the BP refinery in Indiana services many other filling stations that are not BP.

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