Federal Agencies Announce Resolution Of Claims Against BP For The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney general, right, speaks during a news conference on the resolution of federal and state claims against BP for the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill at the Department of Justice with Mike Connor, U.S. deputy secretary of the interior, from left, Tom Vilsack, U.S. secretary of agriculture, and Admiral Paul Zukunft, U.S. Coast Guard commandant, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct 5, 2015. The value of BP Plc's settlement with the U.S. government and five Gulf states over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will rise to $20.8 billion, an increase of $2 billion from an agreement reached in July. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images