BP objects to spill price tag from by US states

Oil clings to the feathers of oiled pelicans waiting to be cleaned at a rescue center facility set up by the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, in this June 7, 2010 file photo. April 20, 2011 is the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion at BP's Macondo undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident killed 11 workers and triggered the United States' worst offshore oil spill, which was also the biggest ever accidental release of oil into an ocean. REUTERS/Sean Gardner/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS ANNIVERSARY)

Gulf spill: BP says affected states 'overstating' claims

SEAN GARDNER

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 05 February 2013 23:23 GMT

BP has tallied up claims made by states and local governments on the US Gulf Coast for economic and property damages from the Macondo oil spill, and come up with a figure of $34 billion, which it deems "substantially" overstated, according to a report.

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