It took 87 days to cap the BP-operated well, during which time millions of barrels of crude poured into the Gulf and coated ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

Investigative reporting and documents -- some never before published -- on major incidents at BP facilities over the past decade that grabbed headlines and raised questions about the company's record ...

The effects of the chemicals used to contain the BP oil spill worry scientists. July 9, 2012— -- Two years ago this week, the wellhead that ruptured on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Washington, Sep 4 (EFE).Washington, Sep 4 (EFE). — BP Plc’s “gross negligence” caused the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig that led to the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge ...

The BP oil spill—triggered by the Deepwater Horizon explosion 15 years ago last month—remains the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The Deepwater Horizon explosion killed 11 people and ...

— -- WASHINGTON—The Justice Department filed its first criminal charges related to the BP oil spill Tuesday, accusing a former company engineer of destroying records requested by prosecutors ...