BP on Thursday estimated costs from its deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill will total $61.6 billion after it agreed to a new $5.2 billion charge it said largely drew claims to a close. The company said it will record an after-tax charge of around $2.5 billion in its second quarter as a result of the latest charge. This comes more than a year after the British oil and gas company agreed to pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve most claims from the spill in the largest corporate settlement in U.S. history. The company said in a statement on Thursday that the $5.2 billion charge would mark the last major claim and that any further claims would not have a material impact, drawing […]