BP workers indicted for Macondo blowout, spill; civil fines pending against firm

BP PLC and the US Justice Department reached a settlement regarding some criminal aspects of the deepwater Macondo well blowout but US prosecutors continue pursuing civil claims that BP committed “gross negligence” when nearly 5 million bbl of crude oil escaped from the well during 2010.

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