20 billion fund pensate victims of the oil spill. To July 2011, the fund has paid $4.7 billion to 198 475 claimants. In all, the fund has nearly 1 million claims and continues to receive thousands of claims each week.In September 2011, the US government published its final investigative report on the accident. In essence, that report states that the main cause was the defective cement job, and Halliburton, BP and Transocean were, in different ways, responsible for the accident.2. The Prudhoe Bay oil spill (2006 Alaskan oil spill) was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006 at a pipeline owned by BP Exploration, Alaska (BPXA) in western Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Initial estimates said that up to 267 000 US gallons (6 400 bbl) were spilled over 1.9
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