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BP: Cap gets some Gulf oil, crude still spews

BP: Cap gets some Gulf oil, crude still spews

BP reported some oil was flowing up a pipe Friday from a cap it wrestled onto its broken Gulf of Mexico well but crude still spewed and it was ...

 

BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf spill

BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf spill

BP used giant shears to slice off a pipe Thursday in the company's latest bid to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil, but the cut was irregular and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging, Coast Guard Adm.

 

BP robots hit snag while sawing pipe - Coast Guard

BP robots hit snag while sawing pipe - Coast Guard

BP Plc (BP.L) has hit a snag in its attempt to saw through a riser pipe in a risky operation to funnel leaking oil from a blown-out Gulf of Mexico well to the surface, the top US official overseeing the cleanup effort said on ...

 

Below is a timeline of the spill and its impact:

Below is a timeline of the spill and its impact:

April 20, 2010 - Explosion and fire on Transocean Ltd's drilling rig Deepwater Horizon licensed to BP; 11 workers are killed. The rig was drilling in BP's Macondo project 42 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana, beneath about 5000 feet of water and ...

 

Obama to meet spill probe leaders as oil heads north

President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of a panel he created to probe the worst oil spill in U.S. history on Tuesday, as a giant slick from BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well poses a new threat to the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama.

 

BP Readies Next Oil Plug Attempt

BP Readies Next Oil Plug Attempt

Robot submarines carried equipment and cut small pipes at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday to prepare to place a new containment valve over the blown-out well this week, while BP crews began working on yet another containment plan that could be added after the cut-and-cap effort.

 

BP's top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak

BP's top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak

BP's attempt to plug the Gulf oil leak with mud and cement has failed, yet another setback in the company's attempt to stop the crude from further fouling waters, wildlife and marshland.

 

BP readies 'top kill' in attempt to plug gulf spill

Engineers prepare 50,000 pounds of mud and a fleet of robotic subs in first maneuver to outright stop the flow of leaking oil a mile below surface.

 

BP Spill Update: Endless Spill, Endless Blame

One month in, neither the oil spill or the blame game show any signs of letting up.

 

US warns it may 'push BP aside'

A top US official says BP may be "pushed" aside if it fails to perform in the Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up.

 

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