BP is being temporarily suspended from new contracts with the US government, the Environmental Protection Agency said today.
Two weeks ago, BP agreed to plead guilty to charges involving the deaths of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
The rig exploded and sank in April 2010, setting off the nation's largest offshore oil spill.
BP will also plead guilty to lying to Congress about how much oil was spewing from the blown-out Macondo well.
The agency said the suspension is due to BP's "lack of business integrity as demonstrated by the company's conduct with regard to the Deepwater Horizon blowout, explosion, oil spill, and response."
