Oil Well Disaster

[LJ]

^It has created quite a rift between the "spillionaires" and those that didn't participate.

[Bingo]

First criminal charges filed in BP oil spill

Washington (CNN) "A former BP engineer has been charged with destroying 200-plus text messages about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including one concluding that the undersea gusher was far worse than reported at the time."

"BP announced last week that it had reached a settlement estimated at $7.8 billion with thousands of businesses and individuals who filed damage claims in the wake of the spill, and a federal criminal investigation of the disaster is ongoing."

more;
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/24/us...html?hpt=hp_t2

[martini]

Thanks Bingo

[Bingo]

BP to pay U.S. billions for Gulf spill, source says

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history, totaling billions of dollars, for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a person familiar with the deal said Thursday.

The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record about the deal, also said two BP employees face manslaughter charges over the death of 11 people in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that triggered the massive spill.

The person said BP will plead guilty to obstruction for lying to Congress about how much oil was pouring out of the ruptured well.

The cost of BP's spill far surpassed the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. Exxon ultimately settled with the U.S. government for $1 billion, which would be about $1.8 billion today.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stor...ettlement.html

[Baro]

If corporations are people will BP be barred from entry into the US for being a convicted felon with this list of pretty serious charges?