Exxon Valdez oil risks spur warning for gulf cleanup crews

They called it the "Valdez crud," but it was more than a cough and diarrhea. "We thought it was a flu that was going around and every­body kept getting it," said Merle Savage, who was general foreman of the cleanup crews of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound. Instead, the …

BP Engineer Called Deepwater Horizon ‘Nightmare Well’ Days Before Blast, Oil Spill

BP took measures to cut costs in the weeks before the catastrophic blowout in the Gulf of Mexico as it dealt with one problem after another, prompting a BP engineer to describe the doomed rig as a "nightmare well," according to internal documents released Monday. The comment by BP engineer Brian Morel came in an …

BP’s Suttles: ‘Top Kill’ Effort Fails to Stop Oil’

In a Saturday evening press conference, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said that the "top kill" effort to stem the Gulf oil spill had failed after three days of attempts. "We have not been able to stop the flow," Suttles said. "We have made the decision to …

BP sees ‘some success’ with top kill method as of Friday, May 28, 2010

BP has measured "some success" in the Gulf of Mexico with a risky procedure known as "top kill," which has never been tried before a mile under the ocean's surface, the company's top executive said Friday. The oil flow stopped when heavy drilling mud was being pumped into the well at high pressure, but it …

Live Feeds of Oil Spill in the Gulf –All 11 Feeds – Updated 7/30/2010

Note: 1. Static Kill Underway as of 3:30 PM CDT August 2, 2010 - Live Close up on CNN.com 2. Feeds were mysteriously down for the last 3 days, and when ordered to come back online today (7/30) by the US Coast Guard, ROV's were cleaning oil spilling once again from the well riser area. …

EPA demands less-toxic dispersant in the Gulf

The Environmental Protection Agency informed BP officials late Wednesday that the company has 24 hours to choose a less-toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to government sources familiar with the decision, and must apply the new form of dispersants within 72 hours of submitting …

“The Blowout on BP Deepwater Horizon” – A Disaster in the Making – Courtesy of 60 Minutes ®

Part #1 Part #2 Part #3 Part #4 Video Courtesy of CBS / 60 Minutes ® The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that inspections be done at least once per month, …

Video shows Gulf oil leak 5,000 feet below the surface of the ocean

Oil and gas stream from the larger of two existing leaks on the riser of the Deepwater Horizon well on May 11. BP knew of problems hours before blast BP knew of problems with an offshore well hours before it exploded last month, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a …

EPA Launches BP Oil Spill Web Site

As part of the ongoing federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, EPA established a Web site on April 30 to inform the public about the spill’s impact on the environment and the health of nearby residents. The site will contain data from EPA’s ongoing air monitoring along with other …

Again, a blast involving BP Company is already facing fines over safety

An enormous oil spill. A fiery explosion. Eleven presumed dead. And more questions about another catastrophic accident tied to an all-too-familiar company: BP Though the Deepwater Horizon was owned and operated by Swiss company Transocean Ltd., it was leased by BP, a London-based multinational oil giant with the worst safety record of any major oil …