BP profits under threat from spiralling US claims

BP profits under threat from spiralling US claims BP’s compensation payouts under the settlement for victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster are on course to hit the company’s earnings before the end of the year, unless it is successful in a legal challenge that will be heard in court next week.

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