BP Cuts Claim Payments, Tries Out New Well Cap 2.53K Jeff Neumann 07/11/10 01:28PM Filed to: oil spill oil spill Bp Disasters gulf of mexico Louisiana Oil spill update! BP's awesomeness continues: The company has decided to reduce the payments to around 40,000 "individuals whose claims files were incomplete." But rest easy... BP is also fitting a new well cap and is claiming "progress."