BP Oil Spill Live Feed: BP Oil Spill cost reach $2.35 Billion
June 25, 2010 by Ruwi Dianne Rosario · Leave a Comment
BP announced Friday that the cost associated with the Oil Spill Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has gone up more than $300 million in less than a week. The cost of the response was totaled to approximately $2.35 billion this includes the cost of the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, grants to the Gulf States, and claims paid and federal costs. The cost has gone up from Monday with tab at $2 billion in today Friday $2.35 billion. 74,000 claims have been filed to BP and more than 39,000 payments have been made making it a total of almost $126 million.
The cost efforts include approximately 37,000 personnel, more than 4,500 vessels and some 100 aircraft are involved in the response effort. The BP Oil Giant stock closed Thursday at $28.74 a share it is 52 percent down from April 20 2010. BP is in a real deep trouble if the Oil Spill problem wont be solved immediately, stay tuned for more news and updates on BP Oil Spill.