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Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

The effects of the chemicals used to contain the BP oil spill worry scientists. July 9, 2012— -- Two years ago this week, the wellhead that ruptured on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

A week from today will mark the one-year anniversary of the oil rig explosion of Deepwater Horizon that triggered the largest marine oil spill in history. For three months, rust-colored sludge gushed ...

Government's Thad Allen says BP 'very close' to stopping oil once and for all. July 12, 2010— -- BP has successfully lowered a new containment cap onto its leaking well, its latest attempt to ...

Friday’s filing in New Orleans is the latest development in disputes involving the Andry Law Firm, BP and former FBI director Louis Freeh. Freeh was appointed last year to investigate the claims ...

Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at ...

An appeals court in the U.S. has ruled in BP’s favor in a dispute over the terms of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement. The U.S. Court of Appeals ordered a review of the deal on Wednesday, based ...

WASHINGTON - The massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill is growing despite British Petroleum's effort to siphon some of the spewing crude from its ruptured deepwater well, the U.S. Coast Guard official ...

The ongoing effort to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is proceeding on multiple fronts, and the full impact on the region won’t be known for some time. Here’s what’s known about the ...

As expected, BP announced this morning that human whipping boy Tony Hayward will be stepping down as CEO, to be replaced in October by the American Bob Dudley. Hayward will be nominated as a ...