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How much did BP pay in criminal fines?
$4 billion
BP Exploration and Production Inc. pleaded guilty to 14 criminal counts for its illegal conduct leading to and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, and was sentenced to pay $4 billion in criminal fines and penalties, the largest criminal resolution in U.S. history, Attorney General Holder announced today.
Did anyone go to jail over the Deepwater Horizon?
In all, the Justice Department brought 48 felony charges and 2 misdemeanor charges against four BP employees: Kaluza, Vidrine, former BP vice president David Rainey, and an engineer named Kurt Mix. The result: two acquittals and two misdemeanor guilty pleas.
What happened to the BP executives on the Deepwater Horizon?
Mr. Vidrine and fellow rig supervisor Robert Kaluza were indicted in 2012 on manslaughter charges, but the case eventually fizzled after a judge threw out some of the manslaughter charges and prosecutors elected to drop the rest. Mr.
What happened to Mr Jimmy on Deepwater Horizon?
NEW ORLEANS — Jimmy Harrell, the man in charge of drilling on the Deepwater Horizon when the mobile oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico 11 years ago, has died at his home in Morton, Mississippi.
What happened to Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine?
Vidrine and fellow rig supervisor Robert Kaluza were indicted in 2012 on manslaughter charges, but the case eventually fizzled after a judge threw out some of the manslaughter charges and prosecutors elected to drop the rest. Mr.
Is ‘Deepwater Horizon’ a true story?
Yes. In researching the Deepwater Horizon true story, we learned that initially the survivors and the family members of the victims were wary at the idea of a film. “I just don’t want to see politics and political correctness and all that crap play into it,” said Patrick Morgan, who was an assistant driller on the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Does ‘Deepwater Horizon’ show all the facts?
Deepwater Horizon Facts Fact #1: More than 200 million gallons of crude oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Fact #2: Deepwater Horizon was a 9yr old semi-submersible, mobile floating, dynamically positioned drilling rig that could operate in water up to 10,000’ deep.
How many people died on Deepwater Horizon?
View full size (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) This aerial photo taken on April 21, 2010 shows the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning a day after the explosion that killed 11 workers. 11 men lost their lives when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20. Here is some basic information, culled from nearly 20 media websites, about each of them.
What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
While the Deepwater Horizon spill continued to feed the debate over dispersants, it also provided scientists with an opportunity to learn more about what happens to oil sitting on the ocean’s surface. Researchers have known that a variety of so-called weathering processes, both natural and human driven, transform and degrade the hydrocarbons in oil over varying timescales on the surface of a body of water.