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Company: BP
Current Parent Company:
BP
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:
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Penalty: $4,900,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: October 5, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: oil spill
Mega-Scandal:
Deepwater Horizon
Violation Description: BP paid a total of $4.9 billion to the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas to resolve claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This was part of the larger $20 billion settlement that also involved the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at
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Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
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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