LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - International oil company BP Plc increased its giant accounting provision for the 2010 oilspill to $42.4 billion from $42.2 billion on Tuesday and saidits $20 billion fund to pay spill compensation had only $300million left in it.
The news came as BP's second quarter results missedexpectations, with adjusted net profit coming in at $2.712billion compared with expectations of $3.410 billion.