BP Has Road Map in Citgo Case to Formula for Oil-Spill Fine - BusinessWeek

BP Has Road Map in Citgo Case to Formula for Oil-Spill Fine BusinessWeek 29 that Citgo must pay $6 million, or $111 per barrel of oil spilled at its Lake Charles refinery in 2006. That's about 10 percent of the maximum $1100 under the Clean Water Act. The amount can rise to $4300 for gross negligence. In the BP case, ...

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