- $75 million: The liability cap for BP for the Gulf oil spill, for damages such as lost wages and economic suffering
- $5.6 billion: BP's first-quarter profits, a 135 percent increase over the first quarter of 2009
OIL Quote of the Week Gulf spill will "forever" change drilling-BP exec
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And Shell: We're ready to drill Arctic Ocean while Alaska struggling 21 years after Exxon spillAnd please visit EPA's Web site on BP Oil Spillwww.epa.gov/bpspill