This morning, BP reported that the static kill procedure was working so far as the mud pumped into the blown out well was holding back the oil. The company will monitor the situation to ensure the ...

COVINGTON, La. -- BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a maneuver known as a "top kill" that has never before ...

Energy giant BP began pumping mud Tuesday into the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as part of efforts to seal it off for good. In a statement, the company said the "static kill" procedure ...

BP crews launched a long-awaited operation to stop spewing oil at the source by pumping heavy drilling fluids into the massive leak. . Jim Lehrer talks to Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum ...

BP could begin taking the final steps to try to kill its blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as soon as next week, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday. Allen gave the most specific timeline ...

ROBERT, Louisiana -- BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but is readying yet another approach after repeated failures to ...

ROBERT, La. -- As BP labored for a second day Thursday to choke off the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, dire new government estimates showed the disaster has easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez ...

(Updates with additional details about oil flow from well head in fourth and fifth paragraphs) By Cassandra Sweet DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) said Wednesday it has started the procedure to ...

Underwater gusher spews gas and oil into the Gulf of Mexico. May 12, 2010 — -- Twenty-three days after the explosion and under pressure from the White House and the media, BP today finally ...