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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...

BP Says Payouts Endangered if Barred From Drilling in Gulf

(Sept. 3) -- BP (BP) warned that any legislation that stops it from drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico could prevent the oil giant from paying out compensation related to this year's oil spill. Congress is currently considering legislation that would bar any company from receiving offshore drilling permits if more...

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,...

Drilling on Relief Wells to Continue: 4 Questions Answered

(Aug. 13) -- BP oil spill incident commander Thad Allen announced this afternoon that the relief wells at the Macondo well site will be finished after all. There had been debate over whether or not to proceed after the static kill operation appeared to have succeeded in plugging the leak last week. Below, Surge Desk...

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....

Background on bp oil leak

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed unabated for three months in 2010, and continues to seep.

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