Clifford's Notes

After 87 days, BP apparently capped its ruptured oil well, but not before it had spewed more than 200 million gallonsof crude into the Gulf of Mexico. Some analysts estimated the price tag just to clean up the mess at more than $6.1 billion.BP has agreed to put up $20 billion to cover the cleanup and damage claims. As the company amasses that sum, the government pushed for an escrow fund in case BP goes " …