BP gets £2 billion from Anadarko for oil spill costs

LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc has accepted a $4 billion (2 billion pound) payment from Anadarko Petroleum towards the Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up, far less than it might have won in court, but a deal that locks its main partner into its share of the blame and any future fines.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/1956448f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=BP+gets+%C2%A32+billion+from+Anadarko+for+oil+spill+costs&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F17%2Fuk-bp-idUKTRE79G0WG20111017%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=BP+gets+%C2%A32+billion+from+Anadarko+for+oil+spill+costs&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F17%2Fuk-bp-idUKTRE79G0WG20111017%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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