BBC News | Experts: La., oil industry recovering post BP spill The Daily Advertiser Of that money, some $6.8 billion is headed to Louisiana, the state most harmed by the April 20, 2010, explosion that spilled the equivalent of at least 3 million barrels of oil, perhaps as much as 5 million, into the Gulf of Mexico. In total, the state ... BP to pay £12bn for Gulf oil spill BP will pay states $18.7 billion for 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill Governors, DOJ cheer $18 billion BP oil spill settlement |