Kristen Hays
latest news & developmentsBP aims to ‘kill’ well as early as Tuesday
BP was still hoping to attempt the first of two operations to permanently plug its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well on Tuesday.
BP stops flow of oil into Gulf of Mexico
Oil is no longer spewing into the Gulf of Mexico — at least temporarily — as BP said it choked off the flow from its undersea well.
Crucial test starts on cap at BP’s leaking oil well
BP on Wednesday started a crucial test on its ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico that it hopes will lead to halting the flow of crude oil.
New cap test to stem Gulf oil flow delayed
BP on Tuesday delayed a critical test that will determine if it can close a cap atop its ruptured Macondo well.
Gulf clean-up resumes as new drilling rules awaited
Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal on Friday.
Storm compounds oil spill along US Gulf Coast
High seas and winds kicked up by Hurricane Alex were propelling the landward advance of the far-flung oil slick.
Spill relief well weeks away, hurricane hinders cleanup
A relief well that might divert the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak is still weeks from completion, a top United States official said on Wednesday.
Hurricane Alex new blow to US oil spill efforts
Rough weather whipped up by the season’s first Atlantic hurricane is disrupting clean-up of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.