The effects of the chemicals used to contain the BP oil spill worry scientists. July 9, 2012— -- Two years ago this week, the wellhead that ruptured on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

As oil invades gulf waters, ABC's Diane Sawyer talks with one fishing community. May 24, 2010— -- While anger continues to grow over BP's failure to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Though you wouldn’t know it from the words chosen by angry American politicians—who can’t stop talking about the company’s Englishness—BP’s name doesn’t actually stand for British Petroleum anymore.

HOUMA, Louisiana (Reuters) - Staffers at a BP oil spill response centre in Louisiana are preparing for a long battle as they try to contain the "blob" of oil from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well that ...

WASHINGTON -- The federal official running the BP oil spill response proposed Monday having a third party from the oil industry represent polluters to correct perceptions that the company responsible ...

At least the worst-case scenario—for once—isn’t happening in the Gulf of Mexico. When forecasters warned last week that a tropical depression was forming in the Carribean, Coast Guard officials ...

A number of BP employees have described BP's maintenance policy in Alaska, Texas City and elsewhere as "run to failure," referring to the established operational term meaning that equipment is used to ...

Louisiana AG Liz Murrill is asking the DOJ to drop a $128 million lawsuit against insurers tied to the nation’s ...

Former federal disaster response specialists and national environmental groups warn that DOGE job cuts may hamper the response to a major oil spill off Louisiana's Gulf Coast this week, a leak that is ...