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Guardian: BP's bill for containing and cleaning up the oil spill has reached nearly $10bn (£6.4bn), as the US government declared that the blown-out well has finally been plugged, five months after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig. The beleaguered oil company revealed that its total cost of the spill had climbed to $9.5bn. BP also said payouts to people affected by the spill such as fishermen, hoteliers and retailers had dramatically increased since it handed over authority for ......
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BP oil spill cost hits nearly $10bn
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
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