BP payments to Florida top 760 million dollars

BP has paid out more than 760 million dollars to Florida because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The company released payment and investment numbers on Tuesday that show the payments through October the 21^st.
The vast majority of the money has been paid out in directly to businesses and individuals taking part in the claims process.
So far has paid 577 million dollars in claims in the Sunshine State.
The company has also spent 72 million dollars on the Vessel of Opportunity Program, in which boat owners were hired to help watch for oil on the water and deploy oil boom along the coastline.
More than 45,000 people from 4 states took part in the program.
Another $32 million dollars went to Florida’s tourism industry including the Franklin County Tourist Development Council. 
The local council used the money to increase advertising for Franklin County and to provide gift cards to people who visited the county in September.
You can see a list of all of the payments made to Florida by checking out the chart provided by BP on the news page at oysterradio.com.


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