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Transocean to pay $1.4 billion for role in BP spill: source


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges arising from the massive 2010 BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

    The settlement includes $1 billion in civil penalties and $400 million in criminal penalties, under terms scheduled to be announced later on Thursday, the source said.

    (Reporting by David Ingram; editing by John Wallace)