イギリスの石油会社のBPは、メキシコ湾の石油流出事故による環境汚染の過失を認め45億0000'0000ドルの損害賠償保障金を払うことを認める
BP se declara culpable del vertido en el golfo de México y pagará 3.500 millones
La petrolera británica admite negligencia en el accidente que provocó la muerte a 11 empleados
David Alandete Washington 15 NOV 2012 - 21:03 CET
Guilty of BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico and will pay 3,500 million
The British oil company admits negligence in the accident that killed 11 employees
David Alandete Washington 15 NOV 2012 - 21:03 CET
The largest spill in U.S. history has also sanctioned the largest fine in the history of the country. Two years after the release of 4.9 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, British oil company BP agreed to plead guilty Thursday to 14 criminal charges, and pay 4,500 million dollars (3,500 million euros) in compensation the U.S. government. Of these, 1,256 are due to a criminal fine, the highest in the history of American justice. The White House will allocate the vast majority of that money to environmental improvement programs, according to the Justice Department moved.
BP pleads guilty to 11 counts of negligence and security flaws in the oil drilling platform Deepwater Horizon, in which a methane bubble caused an explosion that killed 11 workers and left open a crack in the well for 86 days. The oil company admits that incorrectly interpreted the safety tests carried out on the platform, and in particular the negative pressure tests on the well. The bulk of compensation of $ 2,394,000, will be paid to the National Foundation of Fish and Wildlife within five years.
"There is no doubt that this historic announcement represents a critical step, and underscores the Justice Department's determination to stay on the side of the affected communities in the Gulf of Mexico," said Attorney General [attorney general] Eric Holder told a news conference. "Today's resolution is not the end of our efforts. In fact, the criminal investigation is still open, and will continue to track and pursue any offense for which there is evidence. "
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Left open a plethora of cases through civil, to which the company has yet to respond. To date, BP has paid 14,000 million dollars in cleanup and reconstruction, and has established a fund of 20,000 million to compensate those affected, of which only 9,000 million has been used. The oil company employs around 23,000 people in the U.S..
In addition, a federal grand jury found enough evidence to sue three employees of BP. Two of them, supervisors who were on the platform when it caught fire, and those who are accused of negligence in the death of 11 employees. Another employee, an executive who left the company, is accused of lying to law enforcement, the federal government and Congress on the rate at which the oil flowed from the fissure, with the intention of hiding the true environmental impact of the accident .
"Everyone at BP are deeply human losses caused by the accident [the platform] Deepwater Horizon and the impact of the spill on the region of the Gulf Coast," he said in a statement the company's chief executive, Bob Duley. "We apologize for our role in the accident, and as evidenced by our resolution today with the Government, we have assumed the responsibilities of our actions."
The Deepwater Horizon drilling a well to 7 kilometers deep and 64 kilometers away from the coast of Louisiana. The platform the Transocean operated the subcontracts. Another company, Halliburton, had sealed the well with cement and heavy mud. A methane bubble reached the surface on April 20, 2010, causing an explosion and fire. Two days after the platform sank. Emanated ocean oil amount comparable to the surface of the island of Manhattan. No crack was sealed until 15 July.
In the agreement, BP also pleads guilty to a crime of obstruction of the Capitol. The oil company admits that lowered their estimates in the amount of oil that flowed into the ocean from a crack in the exhaust duct. At first, the company told the Congressman Ed Markey, who then chaired the Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming of the House of Representatives, which emanated from the well 1,000 barrels per day. Internal reports, however, said that the figure could be as high as 14,266.
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