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Gulf of Mexico oil spill Government settlements – expected pre-tax cash flow schedule
The schedule below reflects expected pre-tax cash flows from and including 1 October 2016
relating to the criminal settlement reached in 2012 and the civil settlements reached in 2015. It
does not include cash flows prior to 1 October 2016.
For 2017 and future years, cash flows presented are expected to be paid in the first quarter
(criminal settlement) and second quarter (civil settlements) of each year.
$m Total for
settlements
Criminal
settlement Civil settlements
CWA
State
NRD
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 1,739 1,758 740 1,209 1,194 1,199 1,199 1,204 1,204 1,129 1,129 1,129 1,129 1,129 1,129 1,129 1,129 1,324 260 NRDA(3) and
Payments(1)
Payments
Payments(2)
other costs
379 50 490 80
190 50 245 65
379 260 490 65
379 260 490 70
379 260 490 70
379 260 490 75
379 260 490 75
379 260 490
379 260 490
379 260 490
379 260 490
379 260 490
379 260 490
379 260 490
379 260 490
363 260 701
260
TOTAL 20,113 1,949 5,863 4,000 7,801 500
The schedule above does not include cash flow associated with other provisions(4), including
those taken in the second quarter 2016, related primarily to:
the expected cost of resolving outstanding business economic loss claims under the
Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) settlement (expected to be paid by 2019);
the expected cost of resolving economic loss and property damage claims from
individuals and businesses that either opted out of the PSC settlement and/or were
excluded from that settlement (expected to be mostly paid in 2016);
the expected cost of settling claims related to MDL2185 securities proceedings.
1 CWA - Clean Water Act. Amount payable in 2032 includes interest
2 NRD - Natural Resource Damage. Amount payable in 2032 includes interest
3 NRDA - Natural Resource Damage Assessment
4 The balance sheet value of provisions is updated quarterly in Note 2 of BP’s Group Results Stock