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BP fails in challenge to Gulf
oil spill compensation
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BP’s hopes of limiting the cost
of compensation for its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been dealt a
severe blow by the US Supreme Court, which has refused to hear the case over
what the UK oil company has described as unjustified payments.As a result of
this refusal, the cost of the settlement BP agreed in 2012 to compensate victims
of the spill is expected to rise above the $9.7bn the company has set aside in
its
accounts.
美最高法院拒审BP不合理赔偿案
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英国石油(BP)减少2010年墨西哥湾漏油事件赔偿费用的希望遭到美国最高法院(US
Supreme
Court)的沉重打击，该法院拒绝审理这家英国企业所称的不合理支付的案子。这一事态意味着，BP在2012年同意赔偿漏油事件受害者的和解成本，预计将超过该公司在账目上预留的97亿美元。
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