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FACTBOX-Oil spill claims paid total $3.8 billion
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April 15 (Reuters) - The Gulf Coast Claims Facility, created to compensate people and businesses for damages related to BP Plc's (BP.L) (BP.N) Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has paid $3.8 billion in claims since the organization took over the process from the oil company on Aug. 23.
BP paid $400 million in claims before facility head Kenneth Feinberg began administering the $20 billion fund set up at the insistence of President Barack Obama.
The April 20, 2010 well rupture killed 11 people and caused the world's worst marine crude oil spill. BP said it permanently sealed the well Sept. 19. Below is a breakdown of payments made through April 13:
Number of claims filed:
Individual 404,795
Businesses 98,561
Total 503,356
Claims paid:
Individual $1.6 billion
Business $2.2 billion
Payments made to real estate
brokers and agents as part
of a separate fund: $60 million
Total $3.86 billion
Claim state of residence:
Louisiana: $1.2 billion
Florida: $1.4 billion
Alabama $616 million
Mississippi: $307 million
Texas: $106 million
Others: $164 million
Claims paid for lost wages or profits, by industry
for businesses and individuals:
Fishing $616 million
Food, beverage, lodging $1.1 billion
Multiple industry $ 44 million
No industry designation $ 23 million
Rental property $377 million
Retail, sales, service $1.3 billion
Seafood processing $199 million
Tourism and recreation $121 million
Source: GCCF data (Reporting by Anna Driver in Houston; Editing by Pascal Fletcher and Philip Barbara)
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