- BP well kill delayed until second week of September
BP aims to permanently seal the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well in the second week of September, US official said, as pressure concerns fu...
- Final Gulf oil well 'kill' plan on hold amid pressure fears
A long-standing deadline for sealing the ruptured Gulf of Mexico well deep below the seabed will be missed as US officials and BP tackle co...
- White House tells BP to honor long-term Gulf recovery plans
President Barack Obama's top advisers told BP executives at the White House on Monday they must honor commitments to clean up the Gulf of M...
- Procedure to plug Gulf of Mexico oil well successful: BP
A "static kill" procedure to permanently plug a runaway oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has achieved the "desired outcome," BP said on Wedne...
- BP's cap stays on, new leaks insignificant
Oil from BP's blown out well is again seeping into the Gulf of Mexico, but this time, more slowly and scientists aren't convinced the cap t...
- BP to install tighter cap on oil well
Efforts by BP Plc to replace an existing cap on the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could begin Saturday, leading to a possible halt...
- New cap, ships could contain Gulf leak by Monday
The federal official leading the Gulf oil spill cleanup said on Friday a new containment cap and an additional ship collecting oil could ef...
- New BP cap, ships could capture all leaking oil: US
A new underwater cap and more ships could capture all the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, in a triple-fold increase boosting containme...
BP chief Svanberg summoned to meet ObamaBP Plc chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg is being summoned to Washington for a meeting with US president Barack Obama.
- BP chairman summoned to Obama over spill
Carl Henric Svanberg has been summoned to a meeting with President Barack Obama to answer questions related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
BP oil collection ramps up; so do claims questionsBP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing.
- BP oil collection ramps up; so do claims questions
BP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico...
- BP captures over 14,000 barrels of oil in 24 hours
BP engineers seeking to contain the worst oil spill in US history captured more than 14,800 barrels of crude from a blown-out well in the p...
- Cap device contains 6,000 barrels from Gulf oil spill
BP's latest bid to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill registered a first small success, capturing 6,000 barrels of oil in 24 hour...
- Cap collecting Gulf oil, still unclear how much
A cap collected some of the oil spewing out of the blown-out Gulf well, but black crude was still leaking into the sea, and officials said ...
- BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf spill
"We will be here for a very long time. We realize this is just the beginning", says BP CEO Tony Hayward. Operation oil spill | oil spill | ...
BP's top-kill operation temporarily stops oil leakOil giant BP's top-kill operation was proceeding as expected and may have already succeeded in temporarily plugging the leak.