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BP said on Oct. 17 that it had recovered $4 billion in costs linked to last year's devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill from U.S. group Anadarko Petroleum Company. Anadarko has also agreed to transfer to BP its 25% stake in the Macondo well, where a leak in 2010 sparked an environmental catastrophe on the Gulf coast. BP said that it had "reached agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Co. to settle all claims between the companies related to the ... accident" on the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig. Chief executive Bob Dudley said the "settlement represents a positive resolution of a significant uncertainty and it resolves the issues among all the leaseholders of the Macondo well. There is clear progress with parties stepping forward to meet their obligations and help fund the economic and environmental restoration of the Gulf. "It's time for the contractors, including Transocean and Halliburton, to do the same," he added. The U.S. government last week slapped BP, Transocean -- the Swiss owner and operator of the drilling rig -- and U.S. oil services group Halliburton with citations for violating oil industry regulations in what is expected to lead to massive fines for the deadly 2010 oil spill. The decision to also cite BP's subcontractors could strengthen the British energy giant's legal case for recovering some of the multi-billion dollar costs of the spill from Halliburton and Transocean. Halliburton designed and pumped the well's cement, found to be a key factor in the accident. The Macondo leak was triggered by an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The blast killed 11 workers, caused millions of barrels of oil to spew into the sea and left the British company scrambling to meet huge compensation costs. BP said its agreement with Anadarko was "not an admission of liability by any party regarding the accident." In order to meet its own compensation costs and raise $30 billion by the end of 2011, BP is selling assets. The British group last week said it had so far paid out about $7.0 billion in compensation claims arising from the oil spill. Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2011
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Foto: AFP NAFTNA kompanija British Petroleum optužila je tvrtku Halliburton da je uništila jedan od ključnih dokaza povezanih s prošlogodišnjom eksplozijom na naftnoj platformi u Meksičkom zaljevu u kojoj je poginulo 11 ljudi. Na sudu u New Orleansu BP je kazao da je Halliburton namjerno uništio rezultate testova za svoje betonske proizvode korištene u bušotini Macondo. Halliburton negira takve tvrdnje. Beton je bio ključan faktor u izazivanju najteže ekološke katastrofe u SAD-u, piše BBC. U Meksičkom zaljevu završilo 780 milijuna litara nafte Eksplozija koja je slijedila na bušotini Deepwater Horizon u travnju je vodila do ispuštanja 780 milijuna litara nafte u Meksički zaljev. BP i Halliburton vode pravnu bitku oko toga tko će platiti štete za ovu katastrofu. TEKST SE NASTAVLJA ISPOD OGLASA Na jučerašnjem saslušanju je BP kazao da je nakon pregledavanja rezultata testa, Halliburton uništio dokumente o testiranju kao i uzorke betona koje su koristili u njemu. Kažu i da Halliburton nije proizveo kompjuterski model koji bi pokazao kako se beton ponaša. BP je zatražio kažnjavanje Halliburtona, jer tvrde da je bila nestabilna njihova betonska emulzija za brušenje. Pljušte optužbe prije suđenja Halliburton je druga po veličini svjetska tvrtka koja se bavi pružanjem usluga na naftnim bušotinama. BP su optužili za prevaru i klevetu u istrazi. Tvrtka kaže i da je BP u zadnji trenutak tražio promjenu betona. Kompanije su se posvađale te sipaju optužbe uoči suđenja zbog ekološke katastrofe koje će početi u veljači. Na njemu bi trebalo pronaći krivca za curenje nafte u more te odrediti štete koje su nastale u ekološkoj katastrofi. U drugim fazama slučaja će se raspravljati o troškovima za čišćenje zaljeva i drugim potraživanjima.