BP wants $60bn from Halliburton after Gulf of Mexico spill

BP is claiming its contractor, Halliburton, should pay for the entire clean up following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

BP is claiming its contractor, Halliburton, should pay for the entire clean up following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

In a filing at a court in New Orleans integrated oil company BP says the American oilfield services firm should pick up the tab for the clean up operation, which could come to as much as $60bn.

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