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  • Cement plug has hardened; relief well to be completed

    August 9, 2010 8:41 AM

    BP may have the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico permanently sealed this week. Engineers plan to intersect the damaged well with a relief well that they're still drilling - 20 to 30 feet at a time. Then they'll be able to pump mud and cement into... 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 »
  • Stuck saw freed from leaking pipe

    June 2, 2010 6:50 PM

    BP has freed a diamond-tipped saw that had become stuck underwater in the latest attempt to contain the Gulf oil spill, and the company is still working on a way to slice through the pipe. BP PLC spokesman Mark Proegler said Wednesday afternoon that the company is working out... more »
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