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Article

21 Apr 2011

Author:
Tom Bergin, Reuters

Lawsuits fly in BP's Gulf spill blame game

BP and its partners involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have unleashed a $100 billion-plus barrage of legal claims a year after the rig blast killed 11 workers and created an environmental disaster. On the anniversary of the disaster, BP filed suits totaling more than $80 billion against Transocean and Halliburton. And in a separate action on Wednesday, BP sued Cameron International Corp, the maker of the blowout preventer, the so-called fail-safe device that failed to automatically shut down the well…Meanwhile, BP's partners in the well, Anadarko and Mitsui filed a lawsuit against it, challenging BP's demands that they contribute to the cost of the clean-up effort. Wednesday was the deadline -- one year after the disaster -- for companies connected to the spill to file claims against each other.

Part of the following timelines

BP files lawsuits against Transocean, Halliburton and Cameron Intl. while Anadarko and Mitsui file suit against BP -- related to liability for Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill

US Deepwater Horizon explosion & oil spill lawsuits

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