30.05.2010
- The Coast Guard is creating a new anchorage zone near the entrance to the Mississippi River to help keep ship traffic moving despite the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the official...
28.05.2010
- More than 24 hours into its crucial "top kill" plan, London-based BP said on Thursday it was still too early to access the success or failure of its best short-term hope of...
27.05.2010
- BP faces a defining day in its five-week Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster on Thursday when its latest attempt to seal a gushing well deep underwater will be deemed either a...
26.05.2010
- BP began critical testing on Tuesday of its "top kill" plan to plug the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well while President Barack Obama vented frustration over the energy giant's...
25.05.2010
- The U.S. government piled pressure on BP on Monday to clean up a "massive environmental mess" in the Gulf of Mexico, and a top official said fines would definitely be imposed on...
21.05.2010
- BP said it is now siphoning 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 liters) per day of crude oil at the leak site in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. BP had estimated the leak was flowing...
20.05.2010
- U.S. ports and shipping lanes on the Gulf of Mexico remained open Wednesday despite the spreading oil spill, officials said. No cargo ships needing cleaning were reported, so there...
20.05.2010
- Heavy oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill threatened Louisiana marshlands on Thursday after washing ashore for the first time since a BP-operated rig exploded a month ago, sparking...
