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Gulf Oil-spill Workers Sought for Study

Federal researchers are looking for cleanup workers willing to participate in a $17.8 million study of long-term health effects from last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill. They want to interview more than 50,000 cleanup workers in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama …

BP Products to Pay $50M for Illegal Emissions at Texas City Refinery

BP Products North America Inc. will pay the state of Texas $50 million for unlawfully emitting pollutants during and after a March 2005 explosion at the company’s Texas City refinery, according to the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Texas Attorney General …

Louisiana Must Turn Over Records to BP-U.S. Judge

Louisiana must quickly turn over documents requested by oil giant BP, or else face dismissal of its lawsuit against the company for losses caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a judge ruled Thursday. Louisiana faces fines of up …

BP Gets $4 Billion from Anadarko for Gulf Oil Spill Costs

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will pay BP Plc $4 billion toward clean-up and victim compensation for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The amount is less than BP might have won in court, but it softens the blow of overall spill-related …

BP Settles for $4 Billion from Anadarko for Oil Spill Costs

Anadarko Petroleum Corp will pay BP Plc $4 billion toward clean-up and victim compensation for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The amount is less than BP might have won in court, but it softens the blow of overall spill-related …

Damages Ruling May Be Pivotal in BP Gulf Oil Case

A key court ruling in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation could change the landscape in the massive case — encouraging more plaintiffs to sue, or spurring the parties to make a deal to resolve what could be a …

Judge Allows Punitive Damage Claims for Gulf Oil Spill to Move Ahead

Plaintiff lawyers claimed a victory on Friday when a U.S. federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP and others over last year’s big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico allowed much of the case to move ahead, including …

Alabama County Proceeding with Own Spill Claim Against BP

Baldwin County, Alabama commissioners have voted to proceed with an $11.95 million damages claim against oil giant BP involving last year’s big oil spill. Attorneys from law firms representing the county in the claim as well as others from the …

Judge Tosses Racketeering Claims vs. BP Over Oil Spill

BP Plc won two legal victories Friday, as a federal judge threw out racketeering claims made by the lead plaintiffs suing over last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and also set aside a lawsuit by partner Anadarko Petroleum Corp. …

Louisiana Seeks More Than $500M in BP-Funded Projects

Louisiana will seek approval for more than a half billion dollars in projects to restore coastal areas and fisheries affected by last year’s huge BP oil spill, Gov. Bobby Jindal said. The money would come from $1 billion that BP …