US Supreme Court rejects appeals from BP, Anadarko on Macondo fines

Offshore staff

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The US Supreme Court has rejected appeals from BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and let stand the ruling by a US District judge in New Orleans that BP and Anadarko were automatically liable as co-owners of the DeepwaterHorizon oil rig.

Bloomberg also reports that District Judge Carl Barbier is expected to rule soon on a US request for as much as $13.7 billion in civil fines from BP and more than $1 billion from Anadarko.

Barbier ruled in September thatBP was grossly negligent, subjecting the London-based oil company to larger penalties. That ruling was not brought before the Supreme Court.

06/30/2015