Scientists: Gulf oil spill hurt fish hearts (photos)
Oil spilled during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster causes severe defects in the developing hearts of tuna, according to a new study by government and academic scientists that hints at long-term...
View ArticleFormer drilling chief: US ‘on a course to repeat’ Gulf oil spill
Former Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum says the Obama administration "still has not taken key steps . . . to increase drilling safety."
View ArticleResearchers find oil footprint from 2010 Gulf oil spill
New research is shedding more light on the fate of the crude that gushed out of BP's failed Macondo well in 2010.
View ArticleChemical Safety Board prevails in Deepwater Horizon case
In a dispute over Deepwater Horizon documents, the International Association of Drilling Contractors has warned that a court ruling in favor of the Chemical Safety Board would upset decades of...
View ArticleFeds unveil plan for keeping offshore oil wells in check five years after...
The measure codifies many of the steps that companies have already taken to better keep offshore wells in check, including more rigorous maintenance and testing of the blowout preventers that act as a...
View Article5 years after BP spill, drillers push into riskier depths
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — Five years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, the industry is working on drilling even further into the risky depths beneath the Gulf of Mexico to tap massive deposits...
View ArticleProsecution: Former BP exec lied to oil spill investigators
Defense attorneys countered Tuesday that prosecutors are trying to convict David Rainey based on an interview conducted a year after the spill.
View ArticleMidnight deadline approaches for oil spill settlement claims
Claims administrator Patrick Juneau says there has been an uptick in the number of filings as the deadline approached. He said claims centers in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas will...
View ArticleBP plans financial overhaul as profits cut nearly in half
BP's profits fell 48 percent in the third quarter as low crude prices continued to batter its oil-production business.
View ArticleTexas lawyer among seven accused of faking thousands of BP oil spill claims
The charges of conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, identity theft and aggravated identity theft involve 41 alleged victims, U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis said.
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