Transocean will pay $1.4 billion to settle Deepwater Horizon probe by Justice Dept.
Associated Press
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NEW ORLEANS – The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Knowledgeable sources told the news organizations that Switzerland-based Transocean would pay the money to resolve the department's civil and criminal probe of the company's role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.