BP oil spill trial News

Barring Last Minute Deal, Gulf Oil Spill Trial to Get Underway Monday

Nearly three years after a deepwater well rupture killed 11 men, sank a rig and spewed 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP and the other companies involved are scheduled to face their judge in court. …

Hotel Shortage Means Delay in BP Oil Spill Trial Until February

A federal judge on Friday delayed until February 2013 the start of a massive trial to determine liability from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, citing tourist events that will keep New Orleans’ hotels booked. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier …

U.S. Opposes Delay in BP Oil Spill Trial

The U.S. government said a trial to assign blame and damages among BP Plc and others over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should not be delayed until after a hearing over a $7.8 billion settlement of private party …

BP Oil Spill Trial Delayed for Settlement Talks

The trial to decide who should pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been delayed by a week to allow BP Plc to try to cut a deal with tens of thousands of businesses and individuals affected …

BP Wins Ruling Keeping Prior Accidents Out of Gulf Spill Trial

BP Plc won a court order to keep references to some previous accidents out of this month’s trial to assess blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the oil company’s second victory in as many days to bar …