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BP Back to Profitability, But Spill Cost Upped to $40 Billion

(Nov. 2) -- It may not be any consolation, but those in the Gulf of Mexico tourism and seafood industries still hurting economically from the oil spill do have some company. Though that company recently returned to profitability, it hasn't been cheap for BP either. In fact, it just got more expensive. In September, while...

4 Most Glaring Errors Cited by Obama's Oil Spill Panel

(Oct. 7) -- Scientists describe the official response to BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster as a giant science experiment carried out in real time since it was the first in U.S. history involving a deep-water oil rig. Yet the preliminary assessment released this week by the Oil Spill Commission, which was appointed by...

Corexit: 5 Questions About Chemical Dispersant Answered

(Aug. 13) -- BP's runaway well is close to being officially killed for good, but that doesn't mean the problem it created will be solved. The nation's worst oil spill will continue to cause issues for a long time to come. One of those issues might stem from the inordinate amount of chemical dispersant, called Corexit,...

BP Says It May Drill Again in Gulf Spill Reservoir

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 6) -- BP PLC said today it might someday drill again into the same lucrative undersea pocket of oil that spilled millions of gallons of crude, wrecked livelihoods and fouled beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. "There's lots of oil and gas here," Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said at a news briefing....

BP Begins Pumping Cement Into Busted Gulf Well

10:31 AM ET Update: BP says it is pumping cement down blow-out Gulf well in effort to finish 'static kill' (AP) NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 5) -- BP planned to start pumping cement into its blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, following up on a key development in the effort to kill the well when mud that was...