BP sues cement firm for oil spill costs
In a filing at the federal court in New Orleans, BP said the cement contractor should reimburse it for the cost of cleaning up the oil spill, the lost profits from the well and “all other costs and damages”, Bloomberg News reported.
BP has so far paid 21 billion US dollars (£13.5bn) for the clean-up operation and compensating individuals, businesses and governments.
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Hide AdIt has also reserved more than 40 billion US dollars (£25.8bn) to cover costs related to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
BP and Halliburton accuse each other of making critical mistakes that caused the blow-out of the well off the Louisiana coast in 2010.