REFILE-UPDATE 1-BP to pay $4.5 bln to U.S. in oil spill plea deal
November 15, 2012 at 11:36 AM EST
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay a $4 billion penalty and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the worst offshore oil spill in the country's history, the company said on Thursday.