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Transocean to pay $1.4 billion to settle federal charges in Deepwater Horizon oil disaster
An array of solar panels glisten in the sun outside Cannon Ball, N.D., located on the north side of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where the grand opening for the project was held on Friday, July 26, 2019. The project was motivated in part by the controversial Dakota Access pipeline that was built over the objections of Native American leaders and others. The solar project is meant as a first step toward clean energy independence and a way to power all 12 of the reservation communities. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)
WASHINGTON – Transocean Ltd has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges arising from BP Plc’s massive 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.read more