The damage could be catastrophic and businesses might be entitled to financial restitution for damages. To assist in that compensation effort, one company has set up a special division exclusively to help Gulf Coast business owners seek financial restitution. On April 20, an offshore oil rig leased by British Petroleum (BP) was damaged in a fire and explosion and sunk until to ocean, exposing open underwater oil wells that have been pumping over 200,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every single day.