From MarketWatch.com: BP Plc said Monday it will debate the fate of embattled Chief Executive Tony Hayward at a board meeting this evening but stressed that no final decision has been made.
NEW ORLEANS — BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April.
From CNN.com Hurricane Alex, which made landfall in Texas last night, has disrupted cleaning efforts in the Gulf of Mexico and blown more oil towards the Gulf Coast beaches and bayous.
The oil spill is now starting to effect he health of people in Louisiana. Most of the people who have reported health problems are those who are involved with the clean up of the oil spill. Last week, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has released a oil spill health effects summary, which reports […]
From CNN: As oil continued gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s ruptured deepwater well Friday, the political firestorm sparked by the environmental disaster showed no signs of slowing.
In his address from the Oval Office Tuesday night, President Obama vowed to continue oil clean up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. He outlined a “battle plan” for the next several weeks and months, adding that BP will be made to pay compensation to the residents whose livelihoods have been affected by the spill. […]
HOUSTON — New figures for the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico show the amount of oil spewing may have been up to twice as much as previously thought, according to scientists consulting with the federal government.
From MSNBC: NEW ORLEANS – The cost of BP’s response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached about $1.25 billion, the company said Monday.
METAIRIE, La. — BP used giant shears to slice off a pipe Thursday in the company’s latest bid to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil, but the cut was irregular and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.
PENSACOLA, Florida — BP’s top executive acknowledged Thursday the global oil giant was unprepared to fight a catastrophic deepwater oil spill as engineers were forced yet again to reconfigure plans for executing their latest gambit to control the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
PORT FOURCHON, La. — The BP oil slick drifted within striking distance of the Florida Panhandle’s white sand beaches for the first time, raising the stakes another notch as submersible robots made another risky attempt to control the underwater Gulf of Mexico gusher.
PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana— With the ambitious “top kill” having failed to stop a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend and a relief well at least two months away, BP was ramping up its efforts to clean up the Louisiana coast. Another temporary fix — an effort to saw through the […]
