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 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 ...

British Petroleum (BP) said late last night that it would know by Sunday or later whether it's latest attempt to cap the leaking oil in the Gulf of Mexico by pouring drilling fluids into the leaking ...

Oil company BP went ahead on Wednesday afternoon with its most ambitious - and potentially most consequential - effort to plug the mile-deep gusher of oil that has been streaming into the Gulf of ...

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(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 ...

BP on Wednesday launched a complex, risky deep sea operation to cap the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, under huge pressure to get it right this time and stop the five-week-old gusher. Shortly after winning ...

BP announced on Tuesday that it is preparing yet another new procedure, the so-called “static kill,” in an attempt to plug the Macondo well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The new option, also ...