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The Gulf oil spill settlement trial started in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. The trial is designed to identify the causes of BP's well blowout and assign percentages of fault to the companies. FILE - In this Wednesday, April 21, 2010 file photo, oil can be seen in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the offshore platform killed 11 men, and the subsequent leak released an estimated 172 million gallons of petroleum into the gulf. -
FILE - This April 22, 2010 file photo shows the Deepwater Horizon oil platform leaning on it's side before sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. The company whose drilling triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill also owns a rig that operated with incomplete and inaccurate engineering documents, which one official warned could "lead to catastrophic operator error," records and interviews show. -
FILE - The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, in this April 21, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. -
FILE - Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water as the sky is reflected in sheen on Barataria Bay, off the coast of Louisiana, in this June, 7, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. -
Workers use booms to clean up oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Pass a Loutre, La., Friday, May 28, 2010. -
A dead, oil-soaked bird washed up near Grand Isle, Louisiana, where men work on Friday, May 21, 2010, cleaning up the oil that has washed ashore. This is the first time that large amounts of oil has washed ashore in populated areas. -
In a Wednesday, May 19, 2010 photo, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and La. Gov. Bobby Jindal tour through the Roseau Grasses that mark the coastline of Southeast Louisiana at Pass a Loutre at the mouth of the Mississippi River where oil has washed ashore. -
Terrance Castlle, of Houma, Louisiana, wipes the sweat off soon after he bagan cleaning up the oil on the beaches near Grand Isle where workers hired by BP continue to clean in Southern Louisiana, on Saturday, May 22, 2010. -
In this photo made Friday, June 11, 2010, Allen Sreiy holds onto his oil encrusted shrimp boat as he helps in cleanup operations for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Bay Jimmy near Venice, La. Sreiy's Tyvek suit, worn by hundreds of workers cleaning up oil along the Gulf Coast, protects crews from the crude but it also makes for a sweaty - and potentially dangerous - mess as a sweltering heat wave sweeps across the region. -
A brown pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Thursday, June 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. -
FILE - United States Fish and Wildlife biologist Kayla Dibenedetto attempts to catch an oiled Brown Pelican at Grand Isle, La., in this June 5, 2010 file photo. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. -
FILE - A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, in this June 6, 2010 file photo. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. -
FILE - Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., in this June 12, 2010 file photo. Large amounts of the oil battered the Alabama coast, leaving deposits of the slick mess some 4-6 inches thick on the beach in some parts. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. -
FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill pools against the Louisiana coast along Barataria Bay.
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