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St. Joe Files Suit against Halliburton for Oil Spill Damage

WATERSOUND, FL-The company sues Halliburton, the cementing contractor for the Macondo well, for its role in largest oil spill in U.S. history.

By Jennifer Duell Popovec | Updated on August 06, 2010

WATERSOUND, FL-The St. Joe Company has filed a lawsuit against Halliburton Energy Services Inc. for its role in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Halliburton was the cementing contractor for the Macondo well that blew out on April 20, 2010, resulting in the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

The lawsuit represents the first legal action taken by St. Joe since the Deepwater Horizon incident. The company owns roughly 577,000 acres in Florida, 70% of which are within 15 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

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