BP oil spill costs pass $6bn mark

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion has so far cost BP a total of $6.1bn (3.8bn), the company has said.

The total includes the cost of the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, and cementing up of the damaged well.

The sum also includes grants to the Gulf states hit by the spill.

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