BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill appeal rejected by US Supreme Court
BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill appeal rejected by US Supreme Court
29 June 2015
By Tereza Pultarova
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by oil and gas giant BP and its partner Anadarko Petroleum, which seeks to avoid penalties for the massive 2010 Golf of Mexico oil spill.
The two firms argued the oil did not leak from the well itself, but from a broken underwater pipe at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which was operated by another company.
The two firms were appealing the decision last year made by a lower court under a US federal pollution law.
The original ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the companies were liable for civil penalties under the federal Clean Water Act.
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