U.S. judge accepts Transocean guilty plea over Macondo
Posted : Thursday, 14 February 2013 10:54AM
(Reuters) - A judge on Thursday accepted drilling rig operator Transocean Ltd's <RIG.N> agreement to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act and pay $400 million to settle U.S. government criminal charges over the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill at BP Plc's <BP.L> Macondo well in 2010.
The overall settlement, unveiled last month by the U.S. Department of Justice, included $1 billion in civil penalties in addition to the $400 million in criminal penalties.
(Reporting by Braden Reddall in San Francisco)
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