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BP establishes oil-spill trust with $3bn deposit

Energy company BP has established a trust and made a $3bn initial deposit of the previously announced $20bn escrow account to pay for legitimate claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon incident, and the resulting oil and gas spill.

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The Engineer 14 May 2012

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