BP will pay for oil spill $ 20 billion

Company BP Plc agreed to allocate about $ 20 billion in compensation in connection with oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, said on Wednesday the site of the American newspaper New York Times. According to the newspaper, which refers to sources familiar with the negotiations, the administration of President Barack Obama and BP representatives have reached a preliminary agreement to establish a special fund is expected that the agreed amount the company will make a deposit account in a phased manner over several years. Manage the fund will be Kenneth Feinberg (Kenneth Feinberg), who previously oversaw the payment of compensation to the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. As the newspaper notes that the agreement is not final. Its details are discussed in the White House at a meeting of Obama and his advisors to top executives and lawyers of BP. Controlled BP Deepwater Horizon platform sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on April 22 after a 36-hour fire that followed the powerful explosion that claimed the lives of 11 people. Oil spill, which began after and is still ongoing, has already harmed the U.S. state of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and the region faces an environmental disaster. The incident in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest accidental oil spills in the U.S., the extent of which exceeded the effects of the sinking of the tanker Exxon Valdez off Alaska in 1989. Then from Grounded ship spilled nearly 260,000 barrels of oil. Bank.ru Materials Rihanna.