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Justice Department attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the federal civil trial of BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., as the firms and the government continued to argue over how much oil was released into the Gulf of Mexico in the 87 days following the April 20, 2010, blowout of BP's Macondo well. Justice attorneys finished questioning experts who support the government's contention that the oil spill resulted in the release of at least 4.2 million barrels of oil into Gulf. BP and Anadarko have maintained that only 2.45 million barrels of oil were released, and are set to begin making their case Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is presiding over the trial without a jury, listening attentively and interrupting at times with his own questions about the often mind-numbing testimony describing the physics and mathematical equations that experts from both sides have used to estimate the flow of oil. BP's estimate would result in maximum fines of $2.7 billion, billion, if Barbier decides the company and its drilling partners acted with simple negligence, or $10.5 billion if the companies committed gross negligence in their actions during the drilling of the well and in stemming the flow of oil after the blowout. If the government's estimates are adopted, the maximum fines for simple negligence could rise to $4.6 billion, or $18 billion for gross negligence. Testimony so far, and the questioning of the government witnesses by BP attorneys, indicated Barbier will be relying largely on educated guesses in determining how much oil was released. Mohan Kelkar, a petroleum engineering professor at the University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma, testified that Kelkar concluded that between 4.5 million and 5.5 million barrels of oil were spilled by the time the well was finally shut down on July 15, 2010. Kelkar used information about the physical size of the Macondo oil reservoir, BP's pre-drilling estimates of the amount of oil in the reservoir, and pressure readings in

"Basiswert 3Q 2012 ausgewiesenen Betriebsgewinns $ 5200000000, ein 40-prozentige Steigerung gegenüber dem Vorquartal. Erhöht vierteljährliche Dividende um 12,5 Prozent auf 9c einer Aktie, zahlbar in 4Q 2012. Auf dem Weg zur Bereitstellung von strategischen 10-Punkte-Plan bis 2014. Pläne zur langfristigen Free Cash-Flow-Wachstum liefern; Fokussierung und de-riskiert das Portfolio und die Erhöhung der Investitionen im Upstream. BP gab heute seine Finanzergebnisse für das dritte Quartal 2012, die Berichterstattung zugrunde liegenden Gewinn zu Wiederbeschaffungskosten, um nicht-operative Posten und Fair Value Accounting bereinigt von 5,2 Mrd. USD. Sie kündigte auch eine Erhöhung der vierteljährlichen Dividende auf 9c pro Aktie - ein Plus von 12,5 Prozent - voraussichtlich im vierten Quartal bezahlt werden. In einer Telefonkonferenz mit Finanzanalysten im Laufe des Tages, wird das Unternehmen auch eine Aktualisierung des Fortschritts gegen seine strategischen 10-Punkte-Plan für 2014, und stellen ihre künftige Ausrichtung. "BP die Leistung und die starke Fortschritte, die wir bei der Transformation des Unternehmens geben uns die Zuversicht, Ausschüttungen an unsere Aktionäre zu erhöhen machen", sagte Konzernchef Bob Dudley. "Wir sind auf dem richtigen Weg mit unserer Strategie bis 2014 und über die richtigen Grundlagen für nachhaltiges Wachstum im kommenden Jahrzehnt." BP erwartet zukünftiges Wachstum durch höhere Investitionen in neue Upstream-Projekte in höheren Margen und durch eine neue Zugangs-und Explorations generieren. BP Geschäftsportfolios wird voraussichtlich enger um seine starke bestehenden Positionen und ihre wesentlichen operativen Stärken konzentriert. 3Q 2012 Ergebnisse Drittes Quartal zugrunde liegenden Betriebsgewinn betrug $ 5,2 Mrd., verglichen mit USD 3,7 Mrd. im Vorquartal gemeldet und $ 5,5 Mrd. im dritten Quartal 2011, die vor einer Reihe von bedeutenden Veräusserungen war. Die Ergebnisse dieses Quartals profitier

Justice Department attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the federal civil trial of BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., as the firms and the government continued to argue over how much oil was released into the Gulf of Mexico in the 87 days following the April 20, 2010, blowout of BP's Macondo well. Justice attorneys finished questioning experts who support the government's contention that the oil spill resulted in the release of at least 4.2 million barrels of oil into Gulf. BP and Anadarko have maintained that only 2.45 million barrels of oil were released, and are set to begin making their case Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is presiding over the trial without a jury, listening attentively and interrupting at times with his own questions about the often mind-numbing testimony describing the physics and mathematical equations that experts from both sides have used to estimate the flow of oil. BP's estimate would result in maximum fines of $2.7 billion, billion, if Barbier decides the company and its drilling partners acted with simple negligence, or $10.5 billion if the companies committed gross negligence in their actions during the drilling of the well and in stemming the flow of oil after the blowout. Details: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1530229-second-phase-of-bp-oil-spill-trial Related Articles: http://www.bpholdingsmngt.de/

bp holdings * Løsning av alle kriminelle krav med Department of Justice inkluderer $ 4000000000 betalt i avdrag over en periode på fem år * Oppløsning av alle verdipapirer krav med Securities and Exchange Commission inkluderer $525 millioner betalt i avdrag over en periode på tre år * Eksisterende oppe i 38,1 milliarder dollar anklagen mot inntekt å øke med ca $3,85 milliarder * BP er forberedt på å energisk forsvare seg mot gjenværende sivile krav BP kunngjorde i dag at det har inngått avtale med myndighetene i USA, underlagt court godkjenning å løse alle føderale anklagene og alle krav av Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mot selskapet stammer fra Deepwater Horizon-ulykken olje søl, og respons. "Alle oss på BP beklager dypt det tragiske tapet av liv forårsaket av Deepwater Horizon-ulykken i tillegg til virkningen av utslippet på Gulf coast region," sa Bob Dudley, bps gruppe administrerende direktør. "Fra begynnelsen, vi trappet ved å svare på spill, betale legitime krav og finansiering restaurering innsats i gulfen. Vi beklager vår rolle i ulykken, og som reflekterer dagens oppløsning med den amerikanske regjeringen videre, vi har akseptert ansvaret for våre handlinger." I å eliminere muligheten for noen ytterligere føderale anklagene mot selskapet basert på ulykken, BP har tatt en annen betydelig skritt fremover i å fjerne juridisk usikkerhet og kan nå fokusere mer fullstendig på å forsvare seg mot alle gjenværende sivile krav. "Vi tror denne oppløsningen er i beste interesse for BP og aksjonærene," sa Carl Henrik Svanberg, bps formann. Det fjerner to betydelige juridiske risikoer og tillater oss å energisk forsvare selskapet mot de gjenværende sivile kravene." bp holdings

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