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BP: No oil leaking into Gulf from busted well
  "BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April," reports the Associated Press. Read the story: www.inforum.com/event/art...
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BP sorry, guarantees $20 billion for Gulf

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wrested a $20 billion compensation guarantee and an apology to the nation from British oil giant BP Wednesday, announcing the company would set up a major claims fund for shrimpers, restaurateurs and others whose lives and livelihoods are being wrecked by the oil flooding into the Gulf of Mexico.

By By Jennifer Loven, The Associated Press , June 17, 2010

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La. leaders want Gulf drilling to resume

La. leaders want Gulf drilling to resume At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling — now. As angry as they are over the disaster, state officials warn that the Obama administration’s temporary ban on drilling in the Gulf has sent Louisiana’s most lucrative industry into a death spiral.

By By Alan Sayre, The Associated Press , June 11, 2010

Congress frees cleanup money for Gulf oil spill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is making more money available to the Coast Guard to pay for its response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

June 10, 2010

BP faces another setback; oil slick threatens Fla.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — The BP oil slick drifted perilously close to the Florida Panhandle's famous sugar-white beaches Wednesday as a risky gambit to contain the leak by shearing off the well pipe ran into trouble a mile under the sea when the diamond-tipped saw became stuck.

June 03, 2010

BP will likely survive spill, but worth much less

BP is probably sturdy enough to survive the worst oil spill in U.S. history. But investors are shaving billions of dollars off its value with every day that crude gushes into the Gulf of Mexico.

June 02, 2010

BP says attempt to plug Gulf well going as planned

BP’s chief operating officer says the attempt to plug the gushing Gulf oil well is going basically according to plan.

May 28, 2010

Gulf leak exclipses Exxon Valdez as the worst U.S. spill in history

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 as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. The operation known as a “top kill” was suspended for much of Thursday so crews could monitor their work and bring in more heavy drilling mud to shoot into the blown-out well 5,000 feet underwater. The top kill was expected to resume Thursday night, but it could be late Friday or the weekend before the company knows if it has cut off the oil that has been flowing for five weeks.

May 28, 2010

Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst U.S. spill

ROBERT, La. (AP) — 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 as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.

May 27, 2010

Gulf spill surpasses Valdez; plug try going well

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history.

By Greg Bluestein and Seth Borenstein , May 27, 2010

Feds: Government can't push BP aside

The Obama administration’s point man on the oil spill rejected the notion of removing BP and taking over the crisis Monday, saying the government has neither the company’s expertise nor its deep-sea equipment.

By By Greg Bluestein and Erica Werner, The Associated Press , May 25, 2010

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Month after oil spill concerns grow

Month after oil spill concerns grow Days after the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Obama administration pledged to keep its “boot on the throat” of BP to make sure the company did all it could to cap the gushing leak and clean up the spill. But a month after the April 20 explosion, anger is growing about why BP PLC is still in charge of the response.

By By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press , May 22, 2010

Oil slick makes landfall in Louisiana

Oil slick makes landfall in Louisiana

May 21, 2010

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Officials: Leak caused well device to fail

Officials: Leak caused well device to fail Bad wiring and a leak in what’s supposed to be a “blowout preventer.” Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things.

By By H. Josef Hebert and Frederick J. Frommer, The Associated Press , May 13, 2010

BP: 2nd, smaller container reaches Gulf seafloor

BP says a second, smaller container has reached the seafloor, but it hasn’t yet been placed over the blown-out well fouling the Gulf of Mexico.

May 12, 2010

BP starts spraying chemicals on main oil leak

A BP official is telling The Associated Press that the company has received federal approval to continuously spray chemicals underwater on the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

By HARRY R. WEBER , Associated Press Writers , May 10, 2010

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