Sep 02 Another Gulf Oil Rig Explodes; 13 Workers Rescued By News Desk Updated 5:11 p.m. ET | Another offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, sending 13 workers into the water. After initial reports of a 100-foot-wide oil sheen and at least one worker injury, Coast Guard said Thursday… Continue reading
Aug 26 An Updated Oil Widget By Chris Amico This widget is the latest version of what has long been the PBS NewsHour's SpillCam. For much of the time the Macando well was gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, we streamed live video to millions of viewers… Continue reading
Aug 26 At Louisiana Forum, Questions on Oil Spill’s Long-Term Impact By Tom Bearden So many questions, so few definitive answers. Last Saturday, I participated in the taping of a television program called "Louisiana Public Square." It's part of a monthly public affairs series that airs on the six non-commercial television stations that… Continue reading
Aug 24 Study: Oil-Eating Microbes Plentiful in Gulf Oil Spill Oil-eating bacteria proliferated below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico this summer, helping to break down and clean up an underwater oil plume that stretched miles from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, according to a study released Tuesday by… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Oil Plume Study Raises New Questions on Spill Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution released the first conclusive evidence of an underwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Brown talks to one of the study's authors, Chris Reddy, and David Farenthold of The Washington Post. Continue watching
Aug 19 Gulf Oil Plume Map Adds to Debate Over Spill’s Undersea Impact By Lea Winerman Months after the Deepwater Horizon oil leak began, a 22-mile-long, 1.2-mile-wide and 650-foot-high plume of microscopic oil compounds floated 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near the well, according to a study published Thursday in… Continue reading
Aug 19 Gulf Relief Well Completion Delayed to Mid-September The government and BP have pushed back to mid-September the completion of a relief well that will permanently kill the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Thursday. The delay will give engineers… Continue reading
Aug 17 Oil Well Is Almost Dead, but Legal Wrangling Just Beginning for BP In the coming years, BP will face a complex stew of litigation, fines and penalties stemming from the Gulf oil spill. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Gulf Fishermen Debate Whether to Risk Selling Seafood Again No oil has leaked from the broken Gulf well since July, and the federal government is reopening some waters for fishing. But some fishermen are split over whether to start trawling the waters again when there may be a risk… Continue watching
Aug 13 Allen: Well Not Yet Killed, BP Will Move Forward With Relief Well Updated 3:34 p.m. National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is not yet dead, and that BP will proceed with a relief well to permanently kill it. Continue reading