BP has revealed that it has paid over $5bn in compensation to people and businesses who were affected by the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
A total of $5.037 billion has been paid to over 62,000 claimants, the administrator, Patrick Juneau, said in a statement.
BP had originally set aside $7.8bn to resolve claims under the settlement. However, by February 2015 the company had boosted its estimate to $9.9 billion.
According to Juneau, more than half of the payouts so far have compensated businesses that suffered economic losses, with a significant percentage also going to the seafood industry.
