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Weren’t there some $5B ordered for civil penalties? I worked in Houston just after the spill and heard BP was in shambles at the time.

• klyrs 7y ago
  > Weren’t there some $5B ordered for civil penalties? Weren't there some $63B in cleanup efforts?
  • jcranmer 7y ago
    The fines were in addition to the cost that BP bore for cleaning up. Most of that $63B was paid by BP, in addition to all the fines.