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Gold rush on the Gulf: Researchers clamor for cash
October 1, 2010 3:49 PM
Once a backwater in the world of oceanographic research, the Gulf of Mexico has suddenly become the site of a scientific gold rush, all because of the BP oil spill. The environmental disaster represents a once-in-a-generation research opportunity that has oceanographers salivating. There's big money - $500 million from... more » -
BP confirms Hayward departure as CEO
July 27, 2010 8:08 AM
BP says Tony Hayward will step down as chief executive officer Oct. 1, to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley. In a statement accompanying its earnings update on Tuesday, BP says the decision was made by "mutual agreement." BP also reports it has taken a pretax charge of $32.2... more » -
Work on Gulf oil spill picks up again
July 26, 2010 8:19 AM
Efforts to plug the leaky oil well in the Gulf of Mexico are back on track after work was brought to a halt late last week because of the threat from Tropical Storm Bonnie. Workers plan to reconnect a drill rig to the relief tunnel that will be used... more » -
Ships ready to leave leaky well as storm brews
July 22, 2010 8:05 AM
Crew members aboard dozens of ships in the Gulf of Mexico are preparing to evacuate as a tropical rainstorm brewing in the Caribbean brings the deep-sea effort to plug BP's ruptured oil well to a near standstill. Though the rough weather is hundreds of miles from the spill site... more » -
BP puts Gulf oil spill cost at nearly $4 billion
July 19, 2010 8:07 AM
Oil company BP says that the cost of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico spill has now reached nearly $4 billion. The company, which last week managed to place a temporary cap on the leak, said Monday it has made payments totaling $207 million to settle individual claims for... more » -
Turtle hatchlings from Gulf now in Atlantic
July 14, 2010 9:13 AM
The first sea turtle hatchlings whose eggs were evacuated from the Gulf Coast oil spill to Florida's Kennedy Space Center have been released into the Atlantic Ocean. Biologist Jane Provancha says the newborn Kemp's ridley sea turtles did well after their release. About 700 sea turtle nests -... more » -
Relief well running ahead of schedule
July 8, 2010 11:54 AM
The leader of the oil spill relief effort says it's possible a well being drilled to contain the gusher in the Gulf could be completed ahead of schedule. But a lot of things would have to go right. National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Thursday in Alabama that crews... more » -
Oil spill update: Skimmers hampered; tar balls in Texas
July 6, 2010 9:03 AM
The crude continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico but the fleet of skimmers tapped to clean the worst-hit areas has been hampered by a string of small storms. Meantime, tar balls have been discovered in Texas, but officials say there's no way to tell if they came... more » -
Study said Gulf oil spills were "low-probability events"
July 5, 2010 5:44 PM
Documents show federal regulators concluded that offshore oil drilling posed a low risk to endangered wildlife. It's at odds with scenes of pelicans fighting to survive the massive Gulf spill. A September 2007 memo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said large oil spills from Gulf drilling projects... more » -
Biden to visit the gulf
June 25, 2010 12:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Obama administration official tells The Associated Press that Vice President Joe Biden will travel to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday to review the efforts to combat the massive oil spill. Biden is expected to visit the National Incident Command Center in New Orleans and the... more » -
Tar balls cover miles of beach in Pensacola
June 23, 2010 12:58 PM
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Thick pools of oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico washed up along miles of Pensacola Beach overnight. Dozens of workers used shovels Wednesday to scoop up the oil and orange-tinged sand. There were a few sunbathers at the beach, but no... more » -
Obama to head to gulf in pivotal week for disaster response
June 14, 2010 8:09 AM
A crucial week is beginning for the disaster recovery effort along the Gulf coast as President Barack Obama heads there for his fourth visit to the oil spill zone. Obama will wrap up the two-day visit with a national address and on Wednesday, he plans to lay down the... more » -
Congress frees cleanup money for Gulf oil spill
June 10, 2010 3:13 PM
The House has voted to make more money available to the Coast Guard to pay for its response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama. It removes the $100 million limit that the Coast Guard can spend... more » -
Gulf Sheriff asks feds to look for illegal clean-up employees
June 9, 2010 1:54 PM
A sheriff in suburban New Orleans has asked federal authorities to investigate reports that illegal immigrants are working on the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack A. Stephens says in a news release that his department asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement weeks ago to look... more » -
BP told to expedite claims
June 8, 2010 8:10 AM
The government is pushing BP to work faster getting money to people and businesses harmed by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen didn't hesitate when asked what BP is not doing that they need to get better at. He says BP needs... more » -
BP: Gulf oil spill costs have reached $1.25B
June 7, 2010 9:13 AM
BP says the cost of the company's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached about $1.25 billion. The figure company announced the total in a news release Monday. BP says the figure does not include $360 million for a project to build six sand... more » -
Trained noses to sniff out Gulf seafood for oil
June 7, 2010 8:53 AM
Some seafood inspectors working along the Gulf of Mexico are picking up a new skill to keep oil-tainted seafood from consumers. They're being trained to use their noses to sniff out offending odors. It's a daunting task to look over all the catch pulled in by thousands of fisherman... more » -
Cap collecting Gulf oil, unclear how much though
June 4, 2010 10:03 AM
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says a cap has been collecting some of the Gulf oil gusher, but crews will not know how much until later in the day. Allen said Friday that the cap started siphoning oil and gas to a tanker on the surface overnight. Allen says... more » -
Blobs of oil tar stain Florida national seashore
June 4, 2010 8:36 AM
Gooey blobs of oil tar are washing ashore in growing numbers on the white-sand beaches of Gulf Islands National Seashore as a slick from the BP spill approaches the Florida Panhandle. County emergency officials reported that spotters who had been seeing a few tar balls in recent days found... more » -
Gates: No wider role for military now in oil spill
June 4, 2010 8:28 AM
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is rejecting a more forceful role for the military in plugging the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. Gates says the deep-water disaster is beyond the military's expertise. Oil company BP is using its own equipment to try to stop the leak - equipment the U.S.... more » -
Gulf spill workers complaining of flulike symptoms
June 3, 2010 8:25 AM
A doctor says 11 workers who have been out on the Gulf of Mexico cleaning up oil from BP's blown-out well have been treated for symptoms that could be related to the oil. Dr. Damon Dietrich says he has seen patients come through his emergency room at West Jefferson... more » -
BP tries risky 'cut and cap' move
June 2, 2010 8:24 AM
Submersible robots are making another risky attempt to control the Gulf oil gusher, while the crude on the surface is spreading. BP's latest effort involves a set of tools akin to an oversized deli slicer and garden shears to break away the broken riser pipe. Engineers will then try... more » -
2010 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins
June 1, 2010 9:53 AM
The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has begun and comes at a time when oil from a spill off the Louisiana coast continues spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an active season, with as many as 23 named tropical storms. An estimated... more » -
Obama to meet oil spill panel chairmen today
June 1, 2010 8:07 AM
President Barack Obama plans to hold his first meeting today with the co-chairmen of an independent commission investigating the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Obama was to meet with Bob Graham, who is a former Florida governor and U.S. senator, and William K. Reilly, a former head of... more » -
Obama to Gulf: 'You are not alone'
May 28, 2010 3:42 PM
President Barack Obama has promised Gulf Coast residents that they are not alone and will not be abandoned or left behind. Obama made the pledge as he visited Louisiana on Friday to tour areas threatened by the disastrous oil spill and get an update on response efforts. Speaking outside... more » -
U.S. official: Flow of oil from spill has stopped
May 28, 2010 9:35 AM
The flow of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico has stopped, the U.S. incident commander Admiral Thad Allen claimed Friday, but BP warned it would be a further 48 hours before it was known whether the "top kill" procedure had been successful. The next 12... more » -
NOAA to make 2010 hurricane season forecast
May 27, 2010 9:13 AM
Federal forecasters are set to announce their predictions for the six-month Atlantic hurricane season that starts June 1, with a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that could lay in the path of potential storms. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers will issue their seasonal outlook Thursday... more » -
BP says it has paid $29M in oil spill claims
May 26, 2010 12:13 PM
BP says it has paid at least $29 million to people claiming economic losses because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The oil company said in court documents Tuesday in Louisiana that it has yet to deny any claims. Many of the claims are from fishermen and shrimpers.... more » -
Scientists still trying to figure out how much oil is spilling into the Gulf
May 20, 2010 6:58 PM
A federal agency says a task force of scientists is working around the clock to get a better idea how much oil is gushing from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco would not give a new estimate of how... more » -
BP: 2,000 barrels a day now captured from oil leak
May 18, 2010 9:36 AM
BP says its mile-long tube siphoning oil from a blown-out well is bringing more crude to the surface. BP says the narrow tube is now drawing 2,000 barrels a day for collection in a tanker, double the amount when it started operation Sunday. Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles has... more » -
Gulf tube siphoning 20 percent of leaked oil
May 17, 2010 8:18 AM
Reporting its first success in containing the massive Gulf oil leak nearly a month after it started, BP on Sunday said oil and natural gas were flowing via a mile-long pipe to a ship at the surface. Yet even as the company reported the success, scientists warned oil that... more » -
Congress to hold hearings on Gulf oil leak
May 10, 2010 8:35 AM
Several hearings on the still-gushing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico are set for this week. Lawmakers who flew over the Gulf on Friday came away shocked at the magnitude of the problem. Now they want straight answers not only from the oil industry but also the relevant... more » -
Calmer weather aiding gulf spill cleanup
May 4, 2010 1:45 PM
Calmer weather has arrived along the Gulf Coast, where masses of oil continue to lurk offshore. So far, only oil sheens have reached into some coastal waters. The oil's slow progress is allowing crews and volunteers to lay boom in front of shorelines. The calmer wind and waves should... more » -
Oil expected to hit Florida beaches
May 3, 2010 2:36 PM
Scientists say the Gulf oil spill could get into the what's called the Loop Current within a day, eventually carrying oil south along the Florida coast and into the Florida Keys. Nick Shay, a physical oceanographer at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, said... more » -
Leaking oil may be attacked by chemicals underwater
April 29, 2010 5:00 PM
BP officials say they are hoping to try an unusual technique to stop the flow of oil from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC chief operating officer Doug Suttles says the company is studying whether to use chemicals to break up the oil under water.... more »
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