BP shares up after contractor settles Gulf claim (AP)

A beach goer walks on the beach where oil is seen in the water as it washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama in 2010. BP on Monday announced it had struck a deal with oil services company Weatherford International, to settle potential claims between them linked to the Deepwater Horizon accident.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - Shares in oil company BP rose strongly Tuesday after one of the company's contractors agreed to settle claims arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.