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Note: Almost 20,000 of the 108,000 claims to receive compensation for damages incurred by the Deepwater Horizon spill were filed online.
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis continues, people are taking advantage of online claims-filing process to receive compensation for damages incurred by the spill.
Of the approximately 108,000 claims filed so far, 18,100 were submitted online as of June 29, according to the most recent update on BP's Deepwater Horizon claims web page.
The federal government recently launched a new website, RestoreTheGulf.gov that prioritizes information about claims on its home page as well as acts as a central hub...