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BP agrees €16-bn settlement over Gulf of Mexico rig explosion

BP agrees €16-bn settlement over Gulf of Mexico rig explosion
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BP has agreed a to pay an estimated record 16-billion euro settlement over human casualties and environmental damage caused by the 2010 Gulf of

BP has agreed a to pay an estimated record 16-billion euro settlement over human casualties and environmental damage caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.

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Eleven people were killed when an oil rig exploded, spewing millions of barrels of oil for nearly three months onto the shorelines of several states.

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