Three years after Gulf spill, BP fights billions in fines

Three years after a deadly explosion on a BP-leased drilling rig unleashed the worst environmental disaster in US history, the British energy giant is fighting to avoid billions in fines.

BP’s lawyers are trying to convince a federal judge that the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was not a result of gross negligence and to shift some blame -- and cost -- to its subcontractors at a blockbuster trial in New Orleans.

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