AFP: Energy giant BP said on Monday that it had spent 6.1 billion dollars so far in response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and confirmed that the damaged well was no longer leaking. "The cost of the response to date amounts to approximately 6.1 billion dollars (4.6 billion euros)," BP said in an official statement. The costs include spill response, relief well drilling, the "static kill" and cementing of the ruptured well, grants to Gulf states, claims paid and ......
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BP spends $6.1 bln on Gulf spill response
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 9th, 2010
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