Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and unleashed the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion dollars to settle its case in U.S. court. BP, which bankrolled and controlled the Deepwater Horizon operation, has already agreed to pay $4.5 billion in federal fines and penalties.
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer implied BP bore the brunt of responsibility for the ecological disaster, which started with the loss of a dozen lives on Transocean's drilling platform:
“Transocean’s rig crew accepted the direction of BP well site leaders to proceed in the face of clear danger signs — at a tragic cost to many of them.”
A multistate civil case against BP and Transocean is set to begin in February.
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