BP engineer's arrest may force company to reveal internal estimates on Gulf spill

Guardian: The unveiling of the first criminal charges in the Gulf of Mexico disaster could force BP to disclose a closely guarded secret – its internal estimate of how much oil actually gushed out of its stricken well. It's quite literally a billion-dollar question. The justice department, which announced the charges on Tuesday, against a former BP engineer, is also suing the oil company for damages in a civil case. Those fines under the Clean Water Act will be decided by the amount of oil that flowed...

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