Oil may hit shores for months -- 464 turtles dead since spill's start. July 13, 2010— -- As BP begins to test the new cap that the company hopes will finally contain its gushing leak in the Gulf ...

Government's Thad Allen says BP 'very close' to stopping oil once and for all. July 12, 2010— -- BP has successfully lowered a new containment cap onto its leaking well, its latest attempt to ...

A valve that should have stopped a storage tank from leaking more than 34,000 gallons of crude oil into Bayou Lafourche was accidentally left open in what a company ...

The US Coast Guard is continuing to respond to an oil spill in the Garden Island Bay field just off the coast of Louisiana in Plaquemines Parish. Around 4pm local time on Saturday, the Coast Guard ...

May 9 (Reuters) - Interference from gas hydrates, a natural phenomenon found on ocean floors, has stopped BP's first attempt to significantly stem the flow of crude oil from a blown-out underwater oil ...

A growing oil spill in the Humber Estuary has sparked concerns of an environmental disaster after an oil tanker and cargo ...

Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that spewed crude and natural gas for more than a week. “Gaining control of the ...

Oil coats the water’s surface near the shoreline in Baltimore in the Harbor East area Thursday, as crews work to contain and clean the affected area from a spill from diesel tanks supplying fuel to ...