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Company: BP
Current Parent Company: BP
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Penalty: $20,800,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: October 5, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Mega-Scandal: Deepwater Horizon
Violation Description: The United States joined the five Gulf states in announcing a settlement to resolve civil claims against BP arising from the April 20, 2010 Macondo well blowout and the massive oil spill that followed in the Gulf of Mexico. This global settlement resolved the governments' civil claims under the Clean Water Act and natural resources damage claims under the Oil Pollution Act, as well as economic damage claims of the five Gulf states and local governments.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department multiagency referral
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.