Science Jul 12 Oil Spill Update: Anticipation Grows That New Efforts Will Stem Flow Oil flowed nearly-unabated from the Deepwater Horizon's well Sunday as BP worked to replace its containment dome that had helped funnel oil to a container ship on the surface for more than a month. That new dome could let BP… By Chris Amico
Economy Jun 30 Ask BP Exec Bob Dudley Your Questions for a Live Interview Thursday On July 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET, senior correspondent Ray Suarez will moderate a live Q&A session between BP's Bob Dudley, the executive now in charge of the company's oil leak response, and you. Google, YouTube and the… By News Desk
Science Jun 17 BP Begins ‘Flaring’ Oil in the Gulf BP has started flaring, or burning, some of the oil it siphons out of the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, the company reported this week. Energy giant BP PLC said it had burned 52,500 gallons… By Chris Amico
Science Jun 10 Government Announces New, Higher Oil Flow Estimates Updated 7:05 p.m. ET The flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico could have been as low as 20,000 barrels per day and as high as 40,000 or even 50,000 barrels per day before June 3, according to new… By Lea Winerman
Jun 08 Signs of Higher Flow Rate: BP Captures 14,800 Barrels of Oil By Chris Amico BP reported this morning that on Monday it captured approximately 14,800 barrels of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, where crude has been flowing since the Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22. As we've… Continue reading
Jun 07 Coast Guard’s Allen: Government Must Be ‘Ruthless’ in Oversight of BP By News Desk Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday at the White House that the government still doesn't know how much oil is leaking from the damaged Gulf well despite the addition of a containment cap last week, but that BP hopes… Continue reading
Jun 06 Cap Recovering Around 10,000 Barrels of Oil a Day, Officials Say By Talea Miller Updated 5:05pm ET BP increased estimates for the amount of oil being siphoned from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, reporting on its website that 10,500 barrels of oil were recovered by a containment system on… Continue reading
Jun 05 Coast Guard’s Allen: 6,000 Barrels of Oil Captured on Friday By Dave Gustafson Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told reporters Saturday morning that a containment cap atop the leaking oil well funneled about 6,000 barrels (252,000 gallons) of oil over 24 hours on Friday to a tanker on the surface of the… Continue reading
Jun 04 Containment Cap Now Capturing Some Oil From Gulf Leak; Ticker Updated By Lea Winerman BP announced Friday morning that it had successfully lowered a containment cap over the leaking oil pipe in the Gulf of Mexico and was capturing some oil and gas. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told… Continue reading