BP has asked the the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent court order regarding its Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement.
BP said the order would include paying billions of dollars in unjustified claims. The move comes after the New Orleans appeal court threw out BP’s argument that the claims are unrelated to the spill.
BP has now asked the court to reinstate the payment stall as an appeal of the claims process runs its course.
A spokesman said: “No company would agree to pay for losses that it did not cause, and BP certainly did not when it entered into this settlement BP will continue to fight to return the settlement to its original, explicit, and lawful purpose – the compensation of claimants who suffered actual losses due to the spill.”
The initial settlement costs totalled up to $7.8billion. However, the total payment now hovers around $9.2billion.
The spokesman added: “BP will seek review by the US Supreme Court of the Fifth Circuit decisions relating to the compensation of claims for losses with no apparent connection to the Deepwater Horizon spill. In addition, BP will ask the Fifth Circuit not to issue its mandate until the Supreme Court has considered the matter. Suspension of the mandate would keep the stay of business economic loss payments in place during that time.”
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