This investigation breaks down exactly what happened on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and how the Macondo well blew out. We examine the pressure tests, the cement job, and the blowout preventer ...

At last, the well is dead. BP's Macondo oil well is physically incapable of leaking another drop, according to the head of the U.S. government's response effort. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad W. Allen ...

Fifteen workers were killed and 180 injured in an explosion at a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, on March 23, 2005. An ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Just 3 miles from the catastrophic BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a Louisiana company is seeking to unlock the same oil and natural gas that turned into a deadly disaster. Drilling ...

The group helped push the Restore Act through Congress and into law following the Macondo tragedy as a way to ensure that the coastal states most impacted by the spill would get a proportional chunk ...

March 3 (Reuters) - BP Plc struck a deal on Friday to pay an estimated $7.8 billion to settle claims from individuals and businesses stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But BP and its ...