This was a topic here in 2010...
Judge approves $20BILLION settlement over 2010 BP oil spill in the biggest ever environmental pay out in US history
The $20.8bn settlement has been granted final approval by judge today
An oil rig explosion that killed 11 worker caused the spill in Gulf of
Mexico
Well leaked 134m gallons of crude oil for 87 days until it was capped
Pay out is also largest-ever civil settlement with a single entity
BP estimated costs related to spill, including clean up, will exceed $53bn
It took 87 days to cap BP's runaway well some 5,000 feet below sea level off the coast of Louisiana.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z44uUD0HIc