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 ...

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 ...

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 has agreed under pressure to show a live feed of a procedure called a "top kill" designed to choke off the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US government source said.

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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 (NYSE:BP) -1.3% pre-market Tuesday after saying Q4 results will be hurt by lower oil and gas production, refining margins and trading, while also delaying its investor day due to a planned medical ...

(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 ...

Oil giant BP has delayed an investor event due to be held in New York to allow boss Murray Auchincloss to recover after a medical procedure as it signalled weaker end-of-year trading. Its scheduled ...