HOUSTON, April 6 (UPI) -- BP wants its fines for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster calculated on how many days the leak flowed rather than how many barrels leaked.
In court filings in Houston federal court Tuesday, the oil firm responded to a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit filed in December that estimates 4.1 million barrels spilled after the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20, 2010. The well was capped July 15 and permanently sealed Sept. 19.