BP Pays $71 Mln Gulf Cleanup Bill; Reviewing $51 Mln Claim -AP

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BP PLC (BP) has paid two bills totaling $71 million to cover initial clean up costs related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, meeting a July 1 deadline, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, citing the Obama administration. The bills were paid earlier this month. A third bill from the federal government, for $51.4 million, is still being reviewed and processed by BP, the administration said. Full story at: www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7085979.html -Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2900 (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 29, 2010 12:40 ET (16:40 GMT)