gulf of mexico oil spill

BP Plc, seeking to reduce potential water-pollution fines of as much as $18 billion, is trying to convince a judge that less oil spilled in the 2010 Gulf of

Update: A statement from Talos Energy late Tuesday said that during operations yesterday to permanently plug and abandon their non-producing Ship Shoal 225 B-2

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc reached a settlement with the U.S. government for $4.5 billion that will end all criminal charges and resolve securities claims

(Bloomberg) — The trial over liability for BP Plc’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was postponed to Feb. 25 so the lawyers won’t lose their

BP said Thursday that it has capped the abandoned containment dome, or cofferdam, that was identified last week as the source of a recent oil sheen spotted in

HOUSTON–As U.S. officials and BP PLC negotiate to resolve the company’s liability for the Deepwater Horizon spill, some local and state officials

(Bloomberg) — An oil sheen discovered last month in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion matches samples from the BP

(Bloomberg) — Gulf of Mexico fisheries are rebounding from the BP Plc oil spill, landing more fish last year than in 2009, the year before the worst U.S.

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc’s proposed $7.8 billion partial settlement of 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil-spill claims shouldn’t be approved because last

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc, the owner of the Macondo well that caused the worst U.S. oil spill two years ago, declined in London after the Department of

(Bloomberg) — Petroleos Mexicanos, the world’s fourth-largest oil producer, may have as many as 10 billion barrels of potential reserves in its El

HOUSTON–U.S. regulators are testing how a spill-fighting consortium of international oil companies would respond to the worst-case scenario: a well

The Financial Times on Friday reported that BP PLC (BP) hopes to pay less than $15 billion to settle all penalties with the Department of Justice over the

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–After deep self-examination following the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) decided not to leave the Gulf of

(Dow Jones) A former engineer for BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) has been arrested and accused of deleting text messages detailing how much oil was gushing into the Gulf

BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) has agreed to a no-cap settlement with thousands of individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but the oil giant

The civil trial over the Deepwater Horizon disaster has been postponed until March 5 to give BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) and lawyers representing those who say they

A fortuitous combination of ravenous bacteria, ocean currents and local topography helped to rapidly purge the Gulf of Mexico of much of the oil and gas

BP Plc (BP) said all of its costs and damages from the Deepwater Horizon incident and resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should be paid by cementing

By Tennille Tracy, The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The prospect that contractors for BP PLC could be fined by the government over the Deepwater