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A federal judge in Houston approved a plea deal Friday that fines BP $50 million for its role in the blasts at its Texas City refinery that killed 15 people and injured more than 170 others in 2005.
The deal also sentences the oil company to three years probation.
Many blast victims, including Eva Rowe, whose mother and father were killed in the blast, objected to the deal, contending the fine was too low and that BP would not meet its safety obligations at the refinery.
“I thought the punishment would be more than $50 million,” she said. “That’s pocket change for BP.”
U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal’s decision during a court hearing Thursday came after a protracted process in which blast victims unsuccessfully appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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