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Feds to Remove Temporary Cap From Gulf Well

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 27) -- The federal government said engineers will start work Monday to remove the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing out of BP's blown-out Gulf well so that crews can raise a key piece of equipment from the seabed. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man for the spill...

Oil Spill Crews Head Back to Resume Work on Gusher

NEW ORLEANS (July 25) -- Ships were getting back in place Sunday at the Gulf of Mexico site of BP's leaky oil well as crews raced to resume work on plugging the gusher before another big storm stops work again. Now that Tropical Storm Bonnie has fizzled on Louisiana's coast, engineers are hoping clear weather lasts long...

Evacuation Called Off, Ships Head Back to Spill Site

(July 24) -- Just days ago, the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster was a frenzied tangle of drilling rigs, skimmer vessels and underwater apparatus all frantically trying to quell America's worst-ever oil spill. Hundreds of boats bobbed on the Gulf of Mexico's surface, some connected to hundreds of thousands of pounds...

Oil Cap Holds Steady as BP Works on Permanent Plug

NEW ORLEANS (July 18) -- The custom-built cap that finally cut off the oil flowing from BP's broken well held steady Sunday, and the company hopes to leave it that way until crews can permanently kill the leak. That differs from the plan the federal government laid out a day earlier, in which millions more gallons of oil...

BP to Continue to Monitor Integrity of Oil Cap

(July 17) -- BP on Saturday extended testing on the new oil cap that has so far plugged its blown-out undersea well, as the company's engineers and the nation collectively held their breath to see if the oil flow can remain halted. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who's overseeing the government's oil spill response,...

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