Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

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BP Begins Static Kill Operation On Blown-Out Well

04.08.2010 - BP pumped heavy drilling mud into its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well on Tuesday in a "static kill" operation it hopes will help permanently plug the world's worst accidental marine...

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BP Faces Insider Dealing Probe As Nears Well Kill

03.08.2010 - BP faces an investigation into whether its employees profited illegally from the Gulf of Mexico spill, as the oil giant prepared on Tuesday to kill the blown-out well for good. U.S...

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BP Poised To Deliver Death Blow To Gulf Well

03.08.2010 - BP prepared on Monday to deliver the first of two blows it hopes will "kill" its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, 105 days since the start of a leak that led to the U.S...

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Developments In The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill

02.08.2010 - Here are some developments in BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest offshore oil disaster in U.S. history. Top Developments• The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP's oil spill...

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BP's Next Steps On Killing Gulf Leak

26.07.2010 - BP was working to ready the first of two relief wells to bore into its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well about 3.9 km under the seabed and permanently plug and seal the leak. Along the...

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U.S. To Issue New Drilling Ban, BP Enters Asset Talks

13.07.2010 - The Obama administration prepared a new moratorium on deepwater oil drilling on Monday, seeking to make the industry safer while protecting thousands of jobs during the worst spill...

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U.S. Oil Spill Panel Weighs Mounting Economic Impact

13.07.2010 - Sal Sunseri's P&J Oyster Company has worked Louisiana waters since 1876, making it the oldest operating oyster processor in the United States. But the future is grim, he told a...

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BP in Talks to Sell Assets as Spill Costs Mount

13.07.2010 - BP is in talks with U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp and others to sell assets worth up to $10 billion as it grapples with the costs of its spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP...