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Re:Longest-running oil spill in history releasing more than ... by mogadsheu on Monday June 24, 2019 @07:02PM (#20269438)
Weren’t there some $5B ordered for civil penalties?

I worked in Houston just after the spill and heard BP was in shambles at the time.

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Re:Longest-running oil spill in history releasing more than ... by klyrs on Monday June 24, 2019 @08:10PM (#20269888)
> Weren’t there some $5B ordered for civil penalties?

Weren't there some $63B in cleanup efforts?

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Re:Longest-running oil spill in history releasing more than ... by jcranmer on Monday June 24, 2019 @08:58PM (#20270199)
The fines were in addition to the cost that BP bore for cleaning up. Most of that $63B was paid by BP, in addition to all the fines.
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