( CNN ) -- A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday ordered BP to put up nearly $ 130 million for the next three months of Gulf oil spill settlements despite the oil company 's complaints about excessive costs . BP has alleged the Court Supervised Settlement Program has been approving excessive or false claims from people or businesses that say they were damaged by the Deepwater Horizon blowout in 2010 . The company balked at providing the $ 128 million-plus budget program administrators presented it with in July , telling the court Monday that it had `` significant concerns '' about the program 's `` poor productivity and excessive costs , '' according to court papers . Halliburtun to plead guilty in Gulf oil spill , U.S. says . Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan overruled BP 's objections , giving it until Monday to fund the program for the third quarter of 2013 . But Shushan also told the claims program to send BP budget estimates 60 days in advance from now on . Coast Guard , BP end Gulf cleanup in 3 states . The program sent its last budget request to BP on July 17 , warning the company that it would run out of funds at the end of July . Geoff Morrell , BP 's top U.S. spokesman , said in a written statement that the company had asked for information under the settlement agreement , and the court had agreed those claims were legitimate -- but has n't ordered the claims program to provide what it wants . `` The CSSP also acknowledged that the information BP sought is readily available , '' Morrell said . `` BP offered interim funding to cover currently payable invoices while it reviewed that information . Nevertheless , the Court declined to order the CSSP to provide that information and instead ordered BP to fully fund the CSSP 's nearly $ 130 million budget . '' Shushan 's order found the company `` unreasonably withheld '' its approval of the proposed budget . The company has spent an estimated $ 42 billion on cleanup , compensation and penalties since the April 2010 blowout at one of its wells deep in the Gulf of Mexico . Oil Spills Fast Facts .
Federal judge orders BP to provide $ 130 million for ongoing claims . BP has complained the program has paid excessive or false claims . BP refused to OK the program 's budget ; the judge called that `` unreasonable ''