This statistic shows the potentially affordable compensation payments of the oil company BP, based on oil prices. At an oil price of 70 U.S. dollars per barrel, the company could afford compensation payments of a total of 16 billion U.S. dollars.
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: affordable compensation payments of the oil company BP based on oil prices as of 2010 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Focus Money. (July 21, 2010). Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: affordable compensation payments of the oil company BP based on oil prices as of 2010 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/269452/bp-affordable-compensation-payments-based-on-oil-prices/
Focus Money. "Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: affordable compensation payments of the oil company BP based on oil prices as of 2010 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 21, 2010. Statista. Accessed June 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/269452/bp-affordable-compensation-payments-based-on-oil-prices/
Focus Money. (2010). Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: affordable compensation payments of the oil company BP based on oil prices as of 2010 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/269452/bp-affordable-compensation-payments-based-on-oil-prices/
Focus Money. "Oil Spill in The Gulf of Mexico: Affordable Compensation Payments of The Oil Company Bp Based on Oil Prices as of 2010 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jul 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/269452/bp-affordable-compensation-payments-based-on-oil-prices/
Focus Money, Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: affordable compensation payments of the oil company BP based on oil prices as of 2010 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/269452/bp-affordable-compensation-payments-based-on-oil-prices/ (last visited June 04, 2023)
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: affordable compensation payments of the oil company BP based on oil prices as of 2010 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Focus Money, July 21, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/269452/bp-affordable-compensation-payments-based-on-oil-prices/