NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — BP is suing the maker of the device that failed to stop last year's calamitous Gulf oil spill, alleging negligence that the oil giant says helped cause the disaster. The ...

NEW ORLEANS — A dispute between the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and the federal government over how a key piece of evidence is being handled has been resolved. A lawyer for ...

WASHINGTON - The hydraulic system that powered the blowout preventer at BP's failed Macondo well may never have had the capacity to stop last year's Gulf of Mexico spill or any other such emergency, ...

These steel monsters known as blowout preventers or BOPs _ sometimes as big as a double-decker bus and weighing up to 640,000 pounds _ guard the mouth of wells. They act as the last defense to choke ...

* Tests found problems with relief well blowout preventers * Problems fixed, equipment passes subsequent tests By Kristen Hays and Anna Driver HOUSTON, July 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken ...

The blowout preventer from BP's Macondo well - which infamously did not prevent this summer's spill - has begun its transition from sub-sea equipment to federal evidence. The 450-ton device was ...

For all the attention over undersea oil plumes and seafood toxicity and depressed Gulf residents, it’s easy to forget that this well technically still hasn’t been killed. And now it looks like the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. NEW ORLEANS • Crews successfully removed the failed blowout preventer from BP's gulf well Friday, an important step toward ...

Federal investigators probing the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster say a critical piece of safety equipment helped trigger the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The report by the Chemical ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will remove a failed blowout preventer from its ruptured Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico under watchful eyes of investigators probing the deadly April 20 explosion, the ...