A group of scientists say as much as 79 per cent of BP’s leaked oil remains in the Gulf of Mexico, challenging the Obama administration assessment that the crude is largely gone or rapidly disappearing. Most of ...

BP said that it might still attempt the first of two operations to permanently plug its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well on Tuesday despite the technical delay of a crucial test. Optimism about the planned “static kill,” ...

US president Barack Obama and British prime minister David Cameron will hold talks on Tuesday overshadowed by controversy over BP that could test the vaunted “special relationship” between their countries. They are expected to discuss BP’s role ...

BP said it is making progress on a new system to capture almost all the oil spewing from its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico and a relief well could finally plug the leak by ...

The district judge of New Orleans is likely to announce his verdict on oil industry’s challenge to the Obama administration’s six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after the worst oil spill in ...

BP’s containment cap is capturing an increasing amount of oil spewing from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well, but the US admiral leading the government relief effort said on Sunday the coast will be under siege ...

BP admits to the crucial error happened hours befor the explosion to the investigators and also informed about the top kill procedure progress.  The company  told congressional investigators that pressure tests on a drill pipe hours ...