United States requirements BP claims

15, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder announced that the U.S. government has in the day to New Orleans, Louisiana, filed a suit in a federal court, on the other nine British Petroleum and Gulf of Mexico oil spill civil action has been implicated in the enterprise. This is the onset of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the U.S. government first proposed legal proceedings.

Holder said that the U.S. government will prove in court that the defendants violated the U.S. security companies and operating specifications, resulting in the Gulf of Mexico "Deep Horizon" drilling platform April 20 this year, an explosion occurred and caused the most in U.S. history serious oil spill. Illegal behavior of these enterprises, including: failure to take necessary precautionary measures to ensure that Macondo leak oil production safety; not used the safest drilling technology; failed to maintain a continuous oil condition monitoring; not to ensure personnel, property, natural resources and environmental safety aspects of using the necessary equipment and materials.

Holder said that under the "Oil Pollution Act," the defendant of all enterprises should unconditionally oil clean-up costs, economic losses caused by oil spill and environmental damage compensation. In addition, the defendant company has also violated the "Clean Water Act," not related to illegal dumping of oil to the United States the provisions of the waters. According to this law, the U.S. government can follow the standard 1100 U.S. dollars per barrel to claim. It is estimated that leakage from the oil spill incident to be completely sealed for 153 days, the leakage of crude oil into the sea about 490 million barrels equivalent.

Indicted leasing and operation of enterprises, including "Deep Horizon" British Petroleum oil rigs, drilling platforms with this drilling company in Switzerland and its related subsidiaries overseas, with the leak Macondo Ah well the interests of small Nada Ke Petroleum Development Company and Mitsui Oil, as well as British Petroleum's Lloyd's underwriting of 9 companies. Be well designed and fill operations adhesives are not being sued Halliburton company list.

Holder stressed that the U.S. government will not limit the amount of the claim. He also said that this is a very important step in civil legal action, but not the final step. Analysts believe that the U.S. Justice Department in the future there may spill on the flora and fauna, especially endangered species, damage the contents of additional prosecution. Proceedings before the U.S. government, a large number of individuals affected by the oil spill, BP has filed a claim litigation. Estimated that the legal profession, these companies may eventually have to compensate the defendant tens of billions of dollars.

Affected by the litigation, several defendants have 15 company's stock fell. BP said in a statement the same day, the company will respond to the U.S. government's allegations as soon as possible and will continue to investigate the U.S. government and the question of all is co-operation.

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