BP oil leak is gushing
Scientists put out an array of numbers in play Thursday as they struggled to come up with a solid estimate of how much oil is gushing each day from the black geyser at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. … Read more on Seattle Times
Florida Charter Boats Gird for Losses as BP Leak Ruins Fishing
Gary Jarvis, a charter-boat captain from Destin, Florida, says he planned to make at least ,000 this month taking anglers out in the Gulf of Mexico to catch red snapper. Instead he’s living on ,000 he got from BP Plc to help cover income lost to the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Read more on BusinessWeek
BP cuts oil pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf leak
&$ &$Remotely operated undersea vehicles work to cut and cap the riser pipe at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak as it continues to spew oil into the Gulf of Mexico in this video image taken from a BP live video feed June 3, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ British oil major BP on Thursday successful cut a ruptured oil pile in the Gulf of Mexico, and planned to lower a cap over the … Read more on People’s Daily
BP wrestles cap over leak as Obama heads back to Gulf
BP engineers capped a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico but failed to stop it gushing more oil Friday, as a “furious” President Barack Obama prepared to head back to the stricken coast. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News
BP Needs ‘Lottery Win’ in August to Seal Oil Leak at First Try
June 1 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc would need the equivalent of a lottery win to succeed with its first attempt to end the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in August using a so-called relief well, the president-elect of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists said. Read more on Bloomberg
Obama arrives in Gulf as BP tries to stop oil leak
COVINGTON, La. (AP) – BP kept pumping heavy mud into its blown-out well beneath the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, but the company’s chief executive cautioned it will be two more days before anyone knows if the latest fix attempt will end the uncontrolled flow of crude that has already become the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Read more on Murray Ledger & Times