Obama orders BP to pay all economic injury claims
President Barack Obama, speaking in Louisiana, on Friday said he has ordered BP PLC to pay all economic injury claims related to the Gulf oil disaster and reiterated that the outcome of a maneuver to plug the mile-deep well remains uncertain.
- BP has paid $303 million in claim payments to more than 40,000 individuals and businesses impacted by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Thursday.