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NEW ORLEANS — The federal trial over the massive 2010 BP oil spill resumes Monday with a focus on the company’s response to the deadly
disaster, and millions of dollars are at stake as the two sides argue
over how much oil actually spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.
The government and BP PLC have different estimates of how much oil escaped
into the Gulf; determining how much leaked into the ocean will help
determine how much in penalties the London-based energy giant must pay.
At the start of the trial’s second phase, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier
is expected to hear two hours of opening statements from lawyers for BP
and for Gulf Coast residents and businesses who claim the spill cost
them money.
The second phase is divided into two segments: The first segment will explore the methods BP employed to cap the well. The
second is designed to help Barbier determine how much oil spilled into
the Gulf from BP’s blown-out well.
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PJ Hahn, coastal zone manager for Plaquemines Parish, examines oil along the shoreline of Bay Jimmy, which was heavily impacted by the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, in Plaquemines Parish, La. on Friday.
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