BP Gulf Oil Spill Resources

Motley Rice attorneys have experience working with thousands of people whose lives have been devastated by illness, injury or loss. When crisis strikes, we know help is needed. The resources below are meant to provide information that might prove helpful to those who have been affected.

These resources are not meant to serve as legal advice, nor are they intended to foster an attorney-client relationship. They are strictly for convenience and aid.

BP Oil Spill Primary Resources

Disaster assistance

Federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance

Federal ongoing administration-wide response information

Federal response resources, volunteer opportunities, and assistance for those in affected areas

GCCF claims status report

NOAA Up-to-date map and fishery closure information

Oil spill impact statistics    

Oil spill response information

U.S. Small Business Administration

Additional BP Oil Spill Resources

ALABAMA                                                                                             Department of Social Services

FLORIDA                                                                                                      Florida Department of Social Services

GEORGIA                                                                                                  Georgia Department of Social Services

LOUISIANA                                                                                           Louisiana Department of Social Services

MISSISSIPPI                                                                                      Mississippi Department of Social Services

SOUTH CAROLINA                                                                                     South Carolina Department of Social Services

BP Oil Spill Assistance Numbers

Assistance Hotline/Boom Reports: 281.366.5511

BP family and third-party contractor hotline: 281.366.5578

Environmental Hotline/Community Information: 866.448.5816

MI Swaco hotline: 888.318.6765

National Response Center: 800.424.8802

PEC Hotline (Specialty Volunteer Training): 866.647.2338

Transocean Hotline: 832.587.8554

Wildlife Distress Hotline: 866.557.1401