BP Fund Distributes $5 Billion

摘要

BP has paid out more than $5 billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said on Tuesday. The payouts amount to roughly 25% of the $20 billion fund, known as the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was set up a year ago following the April 2010 spill. So far, 947,892 claims have been filed from all 50 US states and residents of 36 countries. Nearly all of the successful claimants come from four states: Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.