Guardian: A key US federal report has focused the blame for the worst…
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill set records for its size and depth. A year on, the biggest impacts seem…
The root technical cause of the blowout is now clear: The cement that BP and Halliburton pumped to the…
In an expanded report on the causes of the BP drilling disaster that killed 11 workers and ravaged the U.S.…
Final Report (Released 01/11/2011)
A Multimedia Presentation Summarizing the Commission’s Report
Final Report: National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill…
Advance Chapter on BP Well Blowout Investigation Released
Commission releases chapter on BP well blowout investigation in advance of full report.
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As the nation’s experts on oceanic and atmospheric science and the lead science agency for oil spills, NOAA was on-scene…
At the request of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council (NAE/NRC) committee is…
The federal government‟s estimates of the amount of oil flowing into and later remaining in the Gulf of Mexico in…
Members from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling will hold their third meeting…
The recent devastation to the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and subsequent spill of…
Now, in the first independent, peer-reviewed paper on the leak’s volume, scientists have affirmed heightened estimates of what is now…
BP has successfully completed the relief well by intersecting and cementing the well nearly 18,000 feet below the surface
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Der er stadig olie for 3,7 milliarder dollars i BP’s reservoir i Den Mexicanske Golf, og selskabet har ikke klart…
The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from…
BP embarked Tuesday on an operation that could seal the biggest offshore oil leak in U.S. history once and for…
Officials from BP conducted a technical briefing to provide an update on response efforts to contain the oil spill in…
Installing the sealing cap involves a multiple stage process with several vessels and remotely operated vehicles over an approximate 4-7…
RestoretheGulf.gov is the official federal portal for the Deepwater BP oil spill response and recovery. This site provides the public…
The report contains analysis of samples taken by the R/V Brooks McCall, a research vessel conducting water sampling from half…
WASHINGTON (June 20, 2010) — Today Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released an internal BP document showing that the company’s own…
Since the 20 April catastrophe there has been much discussion in US Congressional hearings and the media about the sequence…
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has triggered fresh questioning inside the oil industry about the safety of…
Washington – Based on updated information and scientific assessments, Secretary of Energy Steven…
Today, NOAA launches a new federal Web site meant to answer those questions with clarity and transparency — a one-stop…
A drilling rig drills a relief well or second well to intersect the original, flowing well as deeply as possible.…
Live video links from the ROV’s monitoring the damaged riser.
Please be aware, these are live streams and may freeze or…
A three-dimensional view of the response and the four different areas of operations: in the subsea area near the well;…
At this morning’s White House press briefing, Coast Guard Chief Adm. Thad Allen said the cap on the oil well…
As I’ve said on several occasions, though, the long-term solution to this is going to…
A Wall Street Journal investigation provides the most complete account so far of the fateful decisions that preceded the blast.…
The BBC’s science and environment correspondent, David Shukman, gets a bird’s eye view of the vast oil spill off the…
The lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on June 3, continues to collect oil and gas flowing from…
A containment cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is now funnelling off 10,000 barrels of oil…
BP announced today that oil and gas is being received onboard the Discoverer Enterprise following the successful placement of a…
Robot submarines steered a new cap to BP’s ruptured undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday in the…
BP today made it possible to view live online the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from 12 different…
Step 1: Creating a SubSea Staging Area
Step 2: Cutting the Riser
Step 3: Rigging the Slings
Step 4: Fitting the Diamond Blade…
