BP says it has paid USD 104 million in claims
New Orleans, Jun 20 BP has said that it had paid USD 104 million to residents along the US Gulf Coast for claims filed as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP's problems in the high-stakes Russian oil market mounted Friday with news that a Siberian court had set a hearing into a $3 billion claim by a local shareholder against the British energy giant.