FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
October 22, 2015
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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ATTORNEY GENERAL LUTHER STRANGE ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF
$20 MILLION FROM TRANSOCEAN TO SETTLE GULF OIL SPILL CLAIMS
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange announced today that
Transocean has paid the State of Alabama $20 million to resolve claims against the oil
rig operator for its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
“I’m pleased to announce that Transocean has paid $20 million into the State’s General
Fund to settle the State’s remaining claims against the company for its role in the
disastrous 2010 Gulf oil spill,” said Attorney General Strange. “Alabama’s recovery is
due to the hard work of my staff in pursuing our case against Transocean, while they
simultaneously litigated the State’s case against BP,” he added.
Attorney General Strange was the court-appointed coordinating counsel for all five Gulf
States in the litigation against BP and its co-Defendants for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
oil spill.
On October 5, 2015, Attorney General Strange announced a final settlement of
Alabama’s damages claims with BP that directed $950 million to the State’s General
Fund and approximately $1 billion to Alabama’s coastal counties for economic and
environmental restoration. Alabama’s settlement with Transocean resolves all claims
against the rig operator that were not encompassed by the global settlement with BP.
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