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, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages that said the company's efforts to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were failing, and that the amount of oil ...

The BP oil disaster holds a valuable lesson for investors. June 22, 2010 — -- Investors, take notice. The BP oil spill has taught us once again that no stock is immune from potential disaster. No ...

GRAND ISLE, La. — BP said Thursday it plans to increase the amount of oil captured from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico by early next week as the Obama administration announced that the oil ...

From the very beginning of the BP oil spill—when reporters were told that there probably was no oil spill at all—the people in charge have consistently underestimated the size of the spill. After that ...

THIS month 15 years ago, the US government declared the Deepwater Horizon oil well sealed, ending a catastrophic leak that spilled 4.9 million barrels (779 million litres, or 311 Olympic-sized pools’ ...

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 ...

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Findings of the second major investigation by the U.S. government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly ...

Today a Louisiana judge accepted the guilty plea of oil giant British Petroleum in connection with the April 2010 explosion of its Deepwater Horizon platform that killed 11 workers, forcing BP to pay ...

The BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is an incalculable tragedy and there is absolutely no silver lining about it. But if there were anything to at least laugh at, bitterly, in this mess, it’s BP CEO ...

TAMPA, Fla., May 20 (Reuters) - A record dolphin die-off in the northern Gulf of Mexico was caused by the largest oil spill in U.S. history, researchers said on Wednesday, citing a new study that ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers estimate that some 1 million birds, across 93 species, were killed due to the disaster, when an oil rig operated by BP Exploration & ...