BP wants to continue using contentious chemical dispersant, says it’s the best option
BP PLC said Saturday it wants to keep using a contentious chemical dispersant to fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, despite orders from federal regulators to use something less toxic. … Read more on Fox News
May 20 (Bloomberg) — William Hogarth, dean of the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, talks with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker about the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Hogarth says the oil spill has reached the loop current that flows from the north central Gulf of Mexico and passes between Florida and Cuba to join the Gulf Stream and could threaten the Florida Keys and the Atlantic Ocean. (Source: Bloomberg) Video Rating: 0 / 5
BP says turns corner in oil spill
Energy giant BP said on Monday it had “turned the corner” in a weeks-long effort to contain an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico even as the company faced fresh questions about its industry safety record. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
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EPA Asked BP to Choose Less Toxic Oil Dispersant, Markey Says
May 20 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked BP Plc to use a less toxic chemical dispersant on its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Representative Edward Markey. Read more on Bloomberg
BP says ‘top kill’ unlikely before Tuesday
ROBERT, La. — BP now says it will likely be at least Tuesday before engineers can shoot heavy mud into a blown-out well spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Three ultra-deepwater rigs and other equipment are at the site where the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20. They’re preparing for a delicate procedure called a “top kill” that BP hopes will stop the flow of oil from the well … Read more on WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans
Anadarko Has ‘Wherewithal’ to Weather Oil Spill, Hackett Says
May 18 (Bloomberg) — Anadarko Petroleum Corp. , the U.S. oil company that has a 25 percent stake in BP Plc’s leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, said it has a strong enough balance sheet and credit availability to weather costs from the spill. Read more on Bloomberg
BP says it will plug well feeding Gulf oil spill
BP PLC chief operating officer Doug Suttles says the company will never again try to produce oil through the well. He says the right thing to do is plug the well. Read more on Mobile Press-Register
BP says its Gulf oil spill costs mounting; total at 0 million, up 0 million in 3 days
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Global oil company BP PLC said Thursday its costs for fighting a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have risen by 0 million in three days to total about 0 million. Read more on KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville
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