A federal judge on Friday gave final approval to a settlement between BP and as many as 100,000 plaintiffs who allege they were sickened or injured by the 2010 Gulf oil disaster . The settlement covers clean-up workers and residents within the spill zone . BP has agreed to pay $18.4 billion in civil penalties for its 2010 oil spill, which spilled 4.9 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured well on April 20, 2010. The oil spill , the worst in U.S. history , occurred in 2010 .
The settlement covers clean-up workers and residents within the spill zone . BP has agreed to pay $18.4 billion in civil penalties for its 2010 oil spill, which spilled 4.9 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured well on April 20, 2010. The oil spill , the worst in U.S. history , occurred in 2010 .