UPDATE 3-BP, contractors start trial for worst US offshore oil spill
February 25, 2013 at 16:07 PM EST
NEW ORLEANS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The long-awaited trial of BP for the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill began on Monday, with governments, businesses and individuals blaming the company for the 2010 disaster that killed 11 rig workers and spilled 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
