MNeagle
1st June 2010, 12:57 PM
By Justin Blum and Aaron Kuriloff
June 1 (Bloomberg) -- The Justice Department is investigating whether any criminal or civil laws were violated in the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the biggest U.S. spill on record, said Attorney General Eric Holder.
Holder announced the investigation today at a news conference in New Orleans.
“We will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, anyone who has violated the law,†Holder said. “We will prosecute anyone who has violated the law.â€
The spill began after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, which London-based BP leased from Vernier, Switzerland-based Transocean Ltd. to drill its Macondo well in the Gulf. Houston-based Halliburton Co. provided oilfield services on the well.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ardT2CAsONgo&pos=8
June 1 (Bloomberg) -- The Justice Department is investigating whether any criminal or civil laws were violated in the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the biggest U.S. spill on record, said Attorney General Eric Holder.
Holder announced the investigation today at a news conference in New Orleans.
“We will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, anyone who has violated the law,†Holder said. “We will prosecute anyone who has violated the law.â€
The spill began after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, which London-based BP leased from Vernier, Switzerland-based Transocean Ltd. to drill its Macondo well in the Gulf. Houston-based Halliburton Co. provided oilfield services on the well.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ardT2CAsONgo&pos=8