The pipeline operator, Petroperu, could face fines of up to $17 million if it is found that the spill led to health issues in local residents.
The two supervisors facing manslaughter charges for the 11 deaths during the BP oil spill will face much less severe charges instead.
In a new report, Amnesty International accused the Anglo-Dutch oil giant of failing to adequately clean up oil spill sites in the Niger Delta.
Attorneys general in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi said they would hold news conferences Thursday to discuss a possible settlement related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
A federal court cleared ex-VP David Rainey of lying about the amount of oil leaking in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster.
The carcasses of five petroleum-soaked pelicans have been recovered from California's Santa Barbara coastline, the first documented animal fatalities from the spill.
Belize's Great Blue Hole, a world heritage site and one of the top dive spots in the world, could soon be subjected to offshore drilling.
The pipeline rupture Tuesday left a sheen of oil spanning about four miles of Santa Barbara, California, beaches, officials said.
BP originally said it expected to pay $7.8 billion to resolve claims under the settlement.
The Obama administration is expected to propose major regulations on offshore oil and gas drilling as the BP spill's five-year anniversary approaches.
The new regulations are expected to make drilling safer, and prevent the kind of disaster that sent millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
"Evidently we’re leaking some oil,” Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood said during the tanker's crash.
BP had sought a $3,000 per barrel maximum, which adds up to a total of $9.57 billion civil fine.
Residents of Glendive, Montana -- about 5 miles downstream from the oil spill -- are being provided with truckloads of bottled water.
The latest phase in the company's Clean Water Act case will determine how many billions of dollars BP should pay in penalties.
The Clean Water Act penalties would come on top of more than $42 billion BP has set aside or spent for clean-up, compensation and fines.
Environmentalists have raised concerns over damage to wildlife in the Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bangladesh.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans means BP could still face close to $18 billion of penalties for violating the federal Clean Water Act.
A report shows there was more oil than they thought, but environmentalists aren’t impressed.
The study's findings, which were questioned by BP, support a disputed theory that the spill damaged deep-sea corals.
Politico says an eyebrow-raising article written by a BP communications rep is a simple op-ed.
The finding of gross negligence in the 2010 Gulf oil spill increased the company's potential liabilities by about $18 billion.
