BP settlement in news these days
The top news right now is that of the BP settlement, but what exactly is it? It is the third largest company in terms of the revenue in the world and the sixth largest oil and gas company, British Petroleum Company has the head offices in the London. The company is working in every field of the oil and gas industry, which includes the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, power generating and the trading of the oil and gas. Also, the company is involved in the major renewable energy industries like hydrogen, solar, wind power and bio fuels. The company is integrated vertically. Presently, the company operates in more than 80 countries. The company produces and sells more than 3.8 million barrels of oil barrels in a day.
About British Petroleum and the BP Settlement
British Petroleum is very active in the field of corporate social responsibility but the track record of the company has been mixed. The company has taken several safety measures to make sure the safe production as well as transportation of the oil and gas is on the right path to the consumers. But sometimes, these safety precautions have been proved inadequate and the accidents have happened. One of the incidents, which has happened and instigated countless legal claims against the company, was the incident of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which had happened in 2010.
The accident was one of the worst of its kind, when an oil well exploded and the oil flowed in the sea for 87 days before it was capped and the oil was restricted. This incident instigated the countless legal suites against British Petroleum which included the affected fishermen as well as the govt. departments and the rescue workers who took part in containing the oil well and became ill. With large no. of legal claimants, the two factions of the lawyers were born, those who fought the case in the court as well as the group who went for out of court settlements. For more than one year, the case went in the court as well as was partially being settled out of court. The BP settlement included medical settlements as well as the economic settlements for the affected people.
The BP settlement which is currently being projected as BP Claims compensation to the affected people is being discussed in terms of the medical and economic basis. Some of the economic terms which are being proposed are as follows –
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