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Testimony ends for 1st phase of BP spill trial
April 17, 2013 11:55 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Testimony has concluded for the first phase of a high-stakes trial over the deadly 2010 rig explosion that led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier didn't rule Wednesday on any claims in the litigation after BP PLC wrapped up its... more » -
Source of persistent Gulf sheen remains a mystery
December 18, 2012 6:17 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Officials say underwater inspections at the site of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig disaster have failed to identify the source of a persistent sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said Tuesday that the recent inspections confirmed BP's Macondo well remains secure... more » -
BP to link bonuses to safety performance
October 19, 2010 8:17 AM
BP's new chief executive has told the oil company's employees that their performance on safety issues will be the sole measure for awarding fourth-quarter bonuses. Chief Executive Bob Dudley said in a statement to workers that this was intended to reinforce the message that the company's top priorities are... more » -
Panel to probe White House decisions after Gulf spill
September 27, 2010 8:12 AM
How well did the White House react to the Gulf oil spill disaster? A federal panel appointed by President Barack Obama starts its investigation Monday. The two-day meeting of the presidential oil spill commission will look at the controversial use of chemical dispersants, a moratorium on deep-water drilling... more » -
Cement starts flowing to plug BP well for good
September 17, 2010 3:37 PM
Oil giant BP says crews have begun pumping cement to permanently seal the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. A spokesman said Friday there no longer is a need to use mud in tandem with the cement because pressure from the well isn't an issue. BP expects... more » -
BP probe: plenty of blame for oil spill
September 8, 2010 9:38 AM
Oil giant BP said in an internal report released Wednesday - before a key piece of evidence has been analyzed - that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months. In its 193-page report posted on its... more » -
BP says cost of Gulf of Mexico spill hits $8 billion
September 3, 2010 8:28 AM
BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said Friday that the total included $399 million paid to settle 127,000 claims from businesses and other affected by the oil spill. The oil company... more » -
New microbe discovered eating Gulf oil spill
August 24, 2010 3:31 PM
A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe suddenly is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico and gobbling up the BP spill at a much faster rate than expected, scientists reported Tuesday. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled since... more » -
BP logos removed from company cars in Colorado
August 19, 2010 10:24 PM
The BP office covering southwest Colorado has removed company logos from about 200 vehicles after employees complained of harassment. Spokesman Curtis Thomas told the Durango Herald that employees have been reporting routine abuse from the public, at traffic lights, gas stations and the grocery store. Thomas says employees have noticed... more » -
Louisiana shrimpers reporting clean 1st day catch
August 17, 2010 8:14 AM
Commercial shrimpers who spent much of the summer mopping up oil in the Gulf of Mexico say the first day back to doing what they normally do was a good one. Shrimpers indicate the first catch since BP's disastrous spill was plentiful and, just as importantly, free of oil.... more » -
Scientists say oil still lurks under Gulf surface
August 16, 2010 6:26 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Georgia scientists say their analysis shows that most of that BP oil the government said was gone from the Gulf of Mexico is still there. The scientists say as much as 80 percent of the oil still lurks under the surface. The Georgia team said it... more » -
Testing almost finished on BP top kill
August 13, 2010 8:11 AM
Sometime later today, officials are expected to deliver the verdict on whether BP's problem oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is permanently plugged. Test results will determine if the BP gusher has been sealed well enough to declare the operation complete. National Incident Commander Thad Allen says the... more » -
Tomorrow could hold answer for BP repairs
August 12, 2010 10:06 PM
We could know by tomorrow whether BP's broken oil well has been plugged for good. Officials will decide whether further work to seal the well is needed. If so, crews will go ahead with drilling relief wells to allow for a so-called bottom kill. more » -
Weather a worry for drilling effort
August 10, 2010 11:56 AM
As crews try to finish up the work that they hope will seal a blown-out oil well for good, they're keeping an eye on the weather in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say a cluster of thunderstorms in the eastern Gulf could pass near the oil spill site. The... more » -
Cement plug has hardened; relief well to be completed
August 9, 2010 8:41 AM
BP may have the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico permanently sealed this week. Engineers plan to intersect the damaged well with a relief well that they're still drilling - 20 to 30 feet at a time. Then they'll be able to pump mud and cement into... more » -
BP to begin forcing cement down well
August 5, 2010 8:20 AM
BP officials say they plan to begin forcing cement down the blown-out Gulf oil well today. The announcement came last night shortly after their plan was approved by the federal official in charge of the oil spill. The company plans to shove cement down from pipes attached to ships... more » -
Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
August 2, 2010 8:20 AM
Today could be the beginning of sealing up BP's blown-out oil well for good. Engineers in the Gulf of Mexico hope to begin shoving mud through lines installed last month straight down the throat of the leaky well. If mud forces the oil back into the massive underground reservoir... more » -
Official: Make BP pay to restore tourism
July 27, 2010 11:36 AM
The head of the U.S. Travel Association is proposing that BP set aside $500 million for a marketing campaign to help draw tourists to the Gulf Coast. Roger Dow makes the proposal in prepared testimony to a House panel looking at the oil spill's impact on tourism. The New... more » -
New BP chief: Priority is plugging well for good
July 27, 2010 9:49 AM
The newly named CEO of BP says his top priority is sealing its blown oil well for good and cleaning and restoring the Gulf of Mexico. Bob Dudley said he does not expect any more oil to gush into the Gulf as BP moves to permanently plug the well... more » -
BP confirms Hayward departure as CEO
July 27, 2010 8:08 AM
BP says Tony Hayward will step down as chief executive officer Oct. 1, to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley. In a statement accompanying its earnings update on Tuesday, BP says the decision was made by "mutual agreement." BP also reports it has taken a pretax charge of $32.2... more » -
Biologists to release baby turtles in Gulf
July 26, 2010 11:06 AM
Biologists are making a bet on the annual release of thousands of endangered baby sea turtles. They're being released into the western Gulf of Mexico in hopes the oil-fouled waters of the eastern Gulf will be cleaned up by the time the turtles arrive. The plan's supporters say the... more » -
Work on Gulf oil spill picks up again
July 26, 2010 8:19 AM
Efforts to plug the leaky oil well in the Gulf of Mexico are back on track after work was brought to a halt late last week because of the threat from Tropical Storm Bonnie. Workers plan to reconnect a drill rig to the relief tunnel that will be used... more » -
Ships ready to leave leaky well as storm brews
July 22, 2010 8:05 AM
Crew members aboard dozens of ships in the Gulf of Mexico are preparing to evacuate as a tropical rainstorm brewing in the Caribbean brings the deep-sea effort to plug BP's ruptured oil well to a near standstill. Though the rough weather is hundreds of miles from the spill site... more » -
Storms threaten to shut down BP's Gulf well work
July 21, 2010 1:13 PM
Storms are threatening to delay BP's undersea efforts to permanently plug the leaky well in the Gulf of Mexico. The federal government's oil spill chief says Wednesday that if a storm moves into the Gulf, ships would have to leave and BP couldn't observe the capped well. They could... more » -
Vandals rip BP's name from Colorado awning
July 20, 2010 12:40 PM
Vandals ripped BP's name from the awning of the Durango Arts Center in an apparent protest against the company. Center Director Sheri Rochford Figgs says the nonprofit arts organization will have to replace the entire awning following the vandalism last week. The awning has the names of various donors... more » -
BP puts Gulf oil spill cost at nearly $4 billion
July 19, 2010 8:07 AM
Oil company BP says that the cost of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico spill has now reached nearly $4 billion. The company, which last week managed to place a temporary cap on the leak, said Monday it has made payments totaling $207 million to settle individual claims for... more » -
BP ready to test oil well cap
July 15, 2010 10:56 AM
They've fixed a leak -- and now engineers for BP are getting ready to see if a new cap on the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is enough to contain the gusher. The test will involve closing off all three openings in the cap, and then monitoring... more » -
BP says relief well on hold for test of new cap
July 14, 2010 9:29 AM
BP says it temporarily halted drilling on a relief well meant to permanently plug its Gulf of Mexico oil leak while it prepares to test a temporary cap on the well. Kent Wells, a senior vice president in the company, said at a Wednesday morning news briefing they were... more » -
Testing delayed on oil well cap
July 14, 2010 8:26 AM
BP is delaying critical tests on a new well cap designed to finally stop the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico after government officials said more analysis was needed on the plan. BP engineers were scheduled to start slowly shutting off valves on the 75-ton metal stack... more » -
BP to start testing new cap on Gulf oil well
July 13, 2010 8:14 AM
Testing of a new, tighter cap on the Gulf gusher begins today to see if the device can stop the spewing crude. BP plans to gradually shut the valves to see if the oil stops or if it starts leaking from another part of the well. BP robots finished... more » -
Spill could be contained soon?
July 9, 2010 6:45 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It could be a different situation at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico a few days from now. Crews will be replacing a leaky containment cap on the blown-out well, and a ship that is supposed to collect oil from a different part of the... more » -
Relief well running ahead of schedule
July 8, 2010 11:54 AM
The leader of the oil spill relief effort says it's possible a well being drilled to contain the gusher in the Gulf could be completed ahead of schedule. But a lot of things would have to go right. National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Thursday in Alabama that crews... more » -
Oil leak costs for BP top $3 billion
July 5, 2010 12:56 PM
BP says that it has now spent more than $3 billion in attempts to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and to settle damage claims. The oil company said Monday that is has spent $3.12 billion so far in responding to the spill, attempting to contain... more » -
Settlement in lawsuit accusing BP of burning turtles
July 2, 2010 11:41 AM
A federal judge says a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that accused BP of killing turtles as it burns oil from its blown-out Gulf well. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said Friday that lawyers would be in court later in the day to announce details. The lawsuit filed... more » -
Oil giant BP picks up tab for Durango fireworks
July 2, 2010 11:17 AM
The fireworks display in the city of Durango will go on thanks to embattled oil giant BP. The company stepped forward to pay for the annual July Fourth display back in December, five months before the start of its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The display typically costs... more » -
Biden to visit the gulf
June 25, 2010 12:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Obama administration official tells The Associated Press that Vice President Joe Biden will travel to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday to review the efforts to combat the massive oil spill. Biden is expected to visit the National Incident Command Center in New Orleans and the... more » -
House committee says BP slow to pay claims
June 18, 2010 1:44 PM
The House Judiciary Committee says data it has collected shows that BP has paid less than 12 percent of claims submitted by people and businesses arising from the Gulf oil spill. The committee said in a statement Friday that only $71 million out of an estimated $600 million had... more » -
BP on hot seat in Washington
June 17, 2010 11:56 AM
A Democrat on the House panel that's grilling BP's chief executive says the oil company "cut corner after corner" and that led to the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Democrat Henry Waxman also says there's no evidence that BP's Tony Hayward and other company executives paid any... more » -
Live video from the Gulf oil leak, via the internet
June 16, 2010 7:31 PM
Nearly 5,000 feet beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a black cloud of oil continues to spew from a ruptured well. Live video is available at several sites for those who want a look. Despite the somber subject, the technology is amazing. BP is now burning some... more » -
BP: Oil containment operations resume after fire
June 15, 2010 4:30 PM
BP says oil containment operations have resumed in the Gulf of Mexico after a ship fire caused by a bolt of lightning had shut down the containment for about five hours. BP spokesman Bill Salvin tells The Associated Press that containment operations resumed at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday. He... more » -
BP: Oil capture halted in Gulf
June 15, 2010 3:33 PM
BP says a fire believed caused by lightning has shut down a system capturing oil from a gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC said the fire was spotted around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday on a drill ship called the Discoverer Enterprise. The fire was quickly extinguished.... more » -
House committee critical of large oil company safety
June 15, 2010 12:45 PM
Members of Congress aren't reserving their criticism just for BP. They also have a few choice words for other big oil producers. On Capitol Hill today, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are accusing the largest oil companies of being no better prepared than BP for averting... more » -
Gulf Coasters skeptical of Obama, BP promises
June 15, 2010 11:25 AM
President Barack Obama promised that life would return to normal for people living on the stricken Gulf Coast, and BP said by the end of the month it would contain more than three times as much oil spewing from a ruptured undersea well. The pledges didn't placate some residents.... more » -
White House and BP negotiate compensation fund
June 14, 2010 12:21 PM
The White House says BP appears willing to establish a multibillion-dollar compensation fund for people and companies damaged by the Gulf oil spill. President Barack Obama demanded that the oil company set up a independent compensation fund. And presidential spokesman Bill Burton told reporters the White House and BP... more » -
Obama to head to gulf in pivotal week for disaster response
June 14, 2010 8:09 AM
A crucial week is beginning for the disaster recovery effort along the Gulf coast as President Barack Obama heads there for his fourth visit to the oil spill zone. Obama will wrap up the two-day visit with a national address and on Wednesday, he plans to lay down the... more » -
Gulf oil spill bigger than previously thought
June 11, 2010 8:39 AM
Researchers studying the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico say as much as twice the amount of oil as previously thought may have been spewing into the sea. The head of the group analyzing data and images said Thursday that... more » -
Even Sting wonders about the gulf oil leak
June 10, 2010 4:06 PM
British rock star Sting says like everyone, he's paying attention to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and wonders why such a deep well was approved to begin with. "The problem in the first place is what were they doing drilling that deep without any safeguards? Who... more » -
Congress frees cleanup money for Gulf oil spill
June 10, 2010 3:13 PM
The House has voted to make more money available to the Coast Guard to pay for its response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama. It removes the $100 million limit that the Coast Guard can spend... more » -
BP to speed up payments
June 10, 2010 12:44 PM
The Obama administration says BP has agreed to expedite the payment of claims to businesses and individuals whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Tracy Wareing, who is with the National Incident Command office, told reporters in Washington that the understanding on payment of... more » -
Gulf Sheriff asks feds to look for illegal clean-up employees
June 9, 2010 1:54 PM
A sheriff in suburban New Orleans has asked federal authorities to investigate reports that illegal immigrants are working on the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack A. Stephens says in a news release that his department asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement weeks ago to look... more » -
BP contradicts government claim on oil plumes
June 9, 2010 10:02 AM
BP's chief operating officer Doug Suttles denied reports of underwater plumes of oil Wednesday, one day after government scientists confirmed the existence of oil beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. "We haven't found any large concentrations of oil under the sea. To my knowledge, no one has,"... more » -
President Obama defends oil well handling
June 8, 2010 12:51 PM
President Barack Obama is taking issue with those who say he hasn't been involved enough with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an interview recorded yesterday for NBC's "Today" show, Obama says he has understood "from Day 1" that "it was going to be a major... more » -
BP told to expedite claims
June 8, 2010 8:10 AM
The government is pushing BP to work faster getting money to people and businesses harmed by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen didn't hesitate when asked what BP is not doing that they need to get better at. He says BP needs... more » -
BP: Gulf oil spill costs have reached $1.25B
June 7, 2010 9:13 AM
BP says the cost of the company's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached about $1.25 billion. The figure company announced the total in a news release Monday. BP says the figure does not include $360 million for a project to build six sand... more » -
Extensive oil plumes found deep in Gulf
June 4, 2010 6:46 PM
Scientists with the University of South Florida say laboratory tests have confirmed that oil from a spewing Gulf of Mexico well has accumulated in at least two extensive plumes deep underwater. The researchers said in Baton Rouge on Friday that tests confirmed their initial findings that were based on... more » -
BP establishes escrow fund for Louisiana sand berms
June 4, 2010 9:04 AM
BP is establishing a $360 million escrow account to fund a project to build six sand berms that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal hopes will protect the state's wetlands from the growing Gulf of Mexico slick. The company said late Thursday it approved the accounts. The announcement came hours after... more » -
Globs of oil wash up on Alabama coast
June 3, 2010 6:55 PM
Globs of oil are washing into Mobile Bay and onto the white-sand beach at Fort Morgan, a Civil War fort. The coin-size globs could be seen Thursday in the water rolling along the bay's bottom. Soft, brown goo glistened in the sun on the sand near the fort. A... more » -
Computer models: Oil could end up on East Coast
June 3, 2010 6:10 PM
Computer models show oil leaking from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico could wind up on the East Coast and even get carried on currents across the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe. The National Center for Atmospheric Research models showed Thursday that oil could enter the Gulf's loop... more » -
Obama administration does about face on off shore drilling
June 3, 2010 2:25 PM
The Obama administration is blocking all new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a day after regulators approved a new permit for drilling in shallow water. The Minerals Management Service, which oversees offshore drilling, says in an e-mail from its Gulf Coast office that "until further notice" no... more » -
BP pipe cut successful, cap comes next
June 3, 2010 11:25 AM
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says BP has successfully sliced off a pipe in an effort to contain the Gulf oil, but the cut is irregular and placing a cap over the spill will be more challenging. Allen said Thursday that the cap was over the gusher and expected... more » -
Spilled oil aiming at Florida panhandle
June 3, 2010 8:17 AM
The fight to save the white sand is on in the Florida Panhandle, famous for beaches looking like they're covered with sugar. A slick from the nation's worst oil spill is pushing perilously close and crews on the mainland are doing what they can to limit the catastrophe. Emergency... more »
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