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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries....

New Report Slams BP's Lack of 'Discipline'

(Nov. 17) -- BP's lack of "discipline" and "insufficient consideration of risk" contributed to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to an interim report from a panel of experts. The 28-page report by 15 scientists at the National Academy of Engineering was commissioned by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and was...

Tests Showed Cement Unstable Before Gulf Well Blowout

(Oct. 28) -- Multiple tests of the cement that was supposed to seal BP's unruly Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico showed the mixture was unstable, but BP and Halliburton used it anyway, the presidential Oil Spill Commission said today. The finding is the first official conclusion reached in the investigation of the April...

What Exploded Off Vermilion Bay: An Oil Rig or a Platform?

(Sept. 2) -- As news broke on Thursday of yet another explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, several media outlets proclaimed that an "oil rig" had gone up in flames, echoing the devastating accident at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. But as the story unfolds, the U.S. Coast Guard is taking pains to draw a distinction between oil...

BP Executive Pleads Fifth at Oil Spill Hearing

(Aug. 24) -- Constitutional right though it may be, the pesky Fifth Amendment -- specifically the clause against self-incrimination -- is once again slowing down the process of pinpointing exactly what caused the April 20 explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig. Fortunately, the Web is coming to the...

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Rocky Kistner: The Macondo Monkey on BP's Back

Down in the Gulf, oil still is bubbling to the surface near BP's disastrous Macondo well.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Macondo Well Flowing Again? Not Likely

Over the last several weeks, many have become concerned, based on reports of oil on the surface of the water near BP's now P&A'd (plugged and abandoned) Macondo Well, concern has been growing that the well is now leaking oil.