BP is to face a maximum fine of $13.7bn (£9bn) under a US law after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 was ruled smaller than the country's government had claimed.
The reduced bill, which was approximately $4bn less than the UK firm had been facing, was a result of a legal hearing which determined that 3.19 million barrels-worth of oil leaked following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
The worst offshore spill in US history remains the subject of several legal cases but the decision helped BP's US-listed shares rise 1% in after-hours trading as investors breathed a sigh of relief.
That rise in value was also reflected on the FTSE 100 when trading began on Friday.
The ruling by federal magistrate Carl Barbier followed a previous finding in September that BP could be fined a statutory limit of up to $4,300 for each barrel spilled for gross negligence under Clean Water legislation.
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Gallery: BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010.
The oil drilling rig burned for 36 hours in the Gulf of Mexico and then sank.
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