Articles tagged with spill
Thu, May 03, 2012
BP wins delay of Gulf spill trial until 2013
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - A trial to assign blame and damages that could total tens of billions of dollars for the 2010 Gulf of ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
BP's $7.8 billion Gulf spill pact wins initial court OK
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - BP Plc
Tue, May 01, 2012
U.S., Alabama urge no delay in BP oil spill trial
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said a trial to assign blame and damages among BP Plc and others over the 2010 ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Alabama urges no delay in BP oil spill trial
(Reuters) - A trial to assign blame and damages among BP Plc and others over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should not be ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
BP profit falls as Gulf spill costs still weigh
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc
Fri, April 27, 2012
ConocoPhillips, CNOOC to pay $267 million for China spill
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. oil firm ConocoPhillips
Tue, April 24, 2012
U.S. charges ex-BP engineer obstructed spill probe
By Kristen Hays and Bruce Nichols
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A former BP Plc engineer was arrested and charged on Tuesday with intentionally destroying evidence related ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
BP proposes Gulf spill accord terms, trial delay
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and ...
Fri, April 13, 2012
Brazil shifts court for Chevron spill cases
By Leila Coimbra and Jeb Blount
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge moved two $11 billion civil cases against Chevron and drilling-rig operator ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Shell says Gulf of Mexico sheen dissipating
By Kristen Hays
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said an oil sheen near two of its offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
U.S. to give BP evidence on size of Gulf oil spill
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - BP Plc will gain access to U.S. government documents that may shed light on the size of the 2010 ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
Analysis: Oil firms hurt by Gulf spill welcome back drill rigs
By Braden Reddall
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Gulf of Mexico oil drillers will be busier this year than at any point since the BP
Fri, March 30, 2012
BP: U.S. hiding evidence on size of Gulf oil spill
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - BP Plc
Wed, March 28, 2012
Brazil oil workers sue Chevron over spill
By Jeb Blount
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's largest oil workers union filed a lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and drilling ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Chevron, Transocean charged in Brazilian oil spill
By Jeb Blount and Joshua Schneyer
RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brazilian federal prosecutor filed criminal charges on Wednesday against Chevron and ...
Sat, March 17, 2012
Chevron executives barred from leaving Brazil over spill
By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Jeb Blount
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian court on Saturday barred 17 executives from Chevron
Tue, March 13, 2012
Anadarko expects spill fines to be "reasonable"
(Reuters) - Anadarko Petroleum Corp
Sun, March 11, 2012
Oil spill aftermath: A tale of three plaintiffs
By Kathy Finn
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - The phone at Joan Strohmeyer's fishing lodge has been ringing steadily since 2010, but not many of ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Analysis: Legal fees in Gulf oil spill deal stir conflict
By Andrew Longstreth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The estimated $7.8 billion settlement reached last week between BP Plc
Thu, March 08, 2012
BP spill claims process set up, Feinberg relieved
By Andrew Longstreth and Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - The man who has paid out billions of dollars to victims of the massive 2010 Gulf of ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
BP boosted by oil spill settlement
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BP rose over 2 percent on Monday after the oil giant reached a settlement with businesses and ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
BP's $7.8 billion deal may speed payments for U.S. spill
By Kathy Finn, Andrew Longstreth and Tom Bergin
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The estimated $7.8 billion deal struck by BP Plc with businesses and ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
BP seeks settlement with oil spill plaintiffs group
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - BP Plc is seeking to settle a lawsuit over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill by ...
Sun, February 26, 2012
BP oil spill trial delayed for settlement talks
By Tom Bergin and Jonathan Stempel
LONDON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The trial to decide who should pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil ...
Fri, February 17, 2012
Mitsui unit to pay $90 million over Gulf oil spill
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitsui & Co Ltd's MOEX Offshore agreed with the U.S. Justice Department to pay at least $90 million to settle some of its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the first government settlement involving the BP Plc Macondo well.
MOEX will pay $70 million in civil penalties for violations of the Clean Water Act and spend at least $20 million on conservation projects in the Gulf states, the Justice Department said on Friday.
The settlement comes just 10 days before the civil trial starts in New Orleans to assign blame for the disaster, the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The accident, which led to almost 5 million barrels of oil spilling, killed 11 people aboard the drilling rig.
BP itself has set aside more than $40 billion to cover spill-related costs. The company has been trying to reach its own settlement with the Obama administration, but whether it can succeed by the February 27 trial is still uncertain.
"We believe that all parties would like to settle before the trial date. However, we believe it is still not a given that all of the parties can meet and resolve the various issues," said Angie Sedita, a managing director of equity research at UBS.
Separately, BP and Schlumberger-owned drilling fluids specialist M-I Swaco agreed to dismiss Deepwater Horizon-related claims against each other, pending court approval.
In the MOEX settlement, $45 million of the civil penalties will go to the federal government and the remaining $25 million will go to the states affected by the oil that polluted their Gulf waters and washed up onshore: Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
The Justice Department said it was the largest civil penalty under the Clean Water Act and emphasized the MOEX settlement did not affect others involved in the Deepwater Horizon spill.
"This landmark settlement is an important step - but only a first step - toward achieving accountability and protecting the future of the Gulf ecosystem by funding critical habitat preservation projects," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.
The company, which previously owned a 10 percent stake in the Macondo well, settled with BP last year and agreed to pay $1.1 billion toward the cleanup costs.
"MOEX held only a small share of the Macondo well and had no role in the Deepwater Horizon tragedy," said David Uhlmann, a professor at Michigan University Law School and former chief of the Justice Department's environmental crimes section.
"It makes sense that MOEX is not paying billions in penalties, but the settlement amount is extremely small given the enormous economic losses and natural resource damages caused by the Gulf oil spill," he said.
The proposed settlement was filed in federal court in Louisiana and is subject to approval by a judge.
The case is In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, No. 10-md-02179.
(Additional reporting by Braden Reddall in San Francisco and Jonathan Stempel in New York; editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Phil Berlowitz, Andre Grenon and Richard Chang)
Fri, February 17, 2012
Shell moves closer to Arctic drilling with spill response
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's bid to drill in the Arctic this summer took another step forward on Friday when ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
BP wins exclusion of emails from oil spill trial
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - BP Plc won a court order keeping several potentially damaging emails out of a scheduled trial to determine responsibility for ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Colorado fertilizer spill forces evacuation of homes
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A tank of ammonia-based fertilizer fell off a truck trailer and ruptured in southeastern Colorado on Wednesday, releasing a ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
BP preparing "vigorously" for oil spill lawsuits
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP said it was preparing "vigorously" for lawsuits related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which are due ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
China cadmium spill threatens drinking water for millions
BEIJING (Reuters) - A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
BP fails to shift $15 billion oil spill costs onto Transocean
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil giant BP has lost its attempt to shift over $15 billion of costs related to the Gulf of ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Exclusive: Chevron to face charges over Brazil spill
By Jeb Blount and Joshua Schneyer
CAMPOS, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian prosecutor plans to file criminal charges against Chevron Corp and some of its ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Exxon to pay Montana $2.4 million in spill accord
By Laura Zuckerman
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. would pay more than $2 million in penalties and cleanup costs to Montana for a pipeline rupture ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
BP seen agreeing $20-25 billion oil spill settlement
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP is likely to agree to pay the U.S. Department of Justice $20-$25 billion to settle all ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Claimants challenge holdback in BP oil spill case
By Andrew Longstreth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a flurry of court filings this week, lawyers for claimants before the $20 billion BP
Fri, January 13, 2012
BP CEO Dudley says committed to Gulf after spill
CHICAGO (Reuters) - BP
Thu, January 05, 2012
Chemical spill being cleaned up at nuclear plant along MN border
RED WING, MN (WTAQ) - Crews are cleaning up a chemical spill Thursday at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant just across the Wisconsin border ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
BP fund resumes payments to spill victims
(Reuters) - BP's
Tue, January 03, 2012
BP fund halts payments to spill victims pending clarification
(Reuters) - BP's
Mon, January 02, 2012
BP challenges Halliburton court request on spill
By Tom Bergin and Greg Roumeliotis
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP
Mon, December 19, 2011
Spill reported at Shell Gulf of Mexico drill site
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard was investigating a 13,000-gallon spill from an oil rig leased to Shell, operating about 26 miles ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
BP settles with spill blow-out preventer maker Cameron
(Reuters) - Cameron International Corp
Wed, December 07, 2011
BP faces more citations, Halliburton responds
By Ayesha Rascoe and Anna Driver
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP was hit with five more safety citations from the U.S. government on Wednesday, while ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
BP says Halliburton destroyed Gulf spill evidence
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - BP Plc
Mon, December 05, 2011
BP says Halliburton destroyed Gulf spill evidence
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - BP Plc accused Halliburton Co of destroying evidence that the oilfield services company did inadequate cement work on the Gulf ...
Sat, December 03, 2011
Brazil probes Petrobras role in Chevron spill: report
(Reuters) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors are probing the possible involvement of state-led oil company Petrobras in a November offshore oil ...
Fri, November 25, 2011
Chevron keen for more Brazil oil, despite spill
By Leila Coimbra
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Chevron
Thu, November 17, 2011
U.S.-China tension spills over into Asia summit
By Ben Blanchard and Olivia Rondonuwu
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Tension between the United States and China spilled over into meetings of Asia-Pacific leaders ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Online poker woes spill over into Ireland
By Padraic Halpin
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Cherrywood Business Park, on the outskirts of Dublin, is no Las Vegas.
But here, amidst the neat concrete-and-glass office ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Oil mats after BP spill pose long-term ecosystem threat: study
By Kelli Dugan
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Auburn University researchers said oil mats submerged in the seabed more than a year after the biggest oil ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Analysis: BP oil spill report may prompt $30 billion pay-out
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Findings of the second major investigation by the government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
U.S. gets set to sanction BP, contractors
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. offshore drilling regulator could issue sanctions as early as next week against BP and the major ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
U.S. blames BP for Gulf spill
By Ayesha Rascoe and Anna Driver
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The United States heaped the lion's share of blame for the country's biggest ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Conoco to spill more details on split
By Anna Driver
HOUSTON (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips
Fri, September 02, 2011
Halliburton sues BP for defamation over Gulf spill
(Reuters) - Halliburton Co
Fri, August 26, 2011
U.S. oil-spill ruling pleases plaintiff lawyers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Plaintiff lawyers claimed a victory on Friday when a federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP and others over last ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
BP fund has paid out $5 billion to Gulf spill victims
By Moira Herbst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP Plc has paid out more than $5 billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Bull semen spill causes scare, closes highway in Nashville
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A spill of frozen bull semen bound for a Texas breeder triggered a scare here early Tuesday that ...
Mon, August 22, 2011
Louisiana paper mill spill causes massive fish kill
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A rotten stench hung over a 60-mile stretch of Louisiana's Pearl River as boats trawled through thick ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Marshall Islands report blames behavior for BP spill
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Failure to react to repeated signs of problems with BP Plc's Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays and Hank Azaria Spill Smurfy Secrets
The reason why the latest '80s-cartoon-to-live-action adaptation The Smurfs works so well is that, even with all the kooky antics of its pint-sized blue ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays and Hank Azaria Spill Smurfy Secrets
The reason why the latest '80s-cartoon-to-live-action adaptation The Smurfs works so well is that, even with all the kooky antics of its pint-sized blue ...
Fri, July 29, 2011
Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays and Hank Azaria Spill Smurfy Secrets
The reason why the latest '80s-cartoon-to-live-action adaptation The Smurfs works so well is that, even with all the kooky antics of its pint-sized blue ...
Fri, July 22, 2011
U.S. delays final report on BP oil spill probe
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. team probing the causes of last year's massive BP oil spill has delayed the release ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
BP pipeline leaks oily mixture onto Alaskan tundra
By Tom Bergin and Yereth Rosen
LONDON/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - BP reported yet another pipeline leak at its Alaskan oilfields, frustrating the oil giant's ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
Government asks Exxon to retool Yellowstone spill plan
By Laura Zuckerman
BILLINGS, Mont (Reuters) - Federal regulators said on Sunday they want Exxon Mobil to retool its preliminary plan to clean up oil ...
Sun, July 10, 2011
Island off Alabama coast bursting with birds after oil spill
By Verna Gates
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - Thousands of baby pelicans grunt and hiss at their parents in tightly packed nests on Gaillard Island, a ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Senator Baucus asks Exxon for details on pipe spill
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator from Montana asked Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday for details about the pipeline that ruptured ...
Sat, July 02, 2011
Exxon Mobil says oil leaked into Yellowstone River
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp leaked as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
Transocean report pins oil spill blame on BP
By Matt Daily
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil driller Transocean Ltd blamed BP Plc in a report released on Wednesday for last year's Gulf ...
Sun, May 29, 2011
BP spill fund winding down after $4 billion paid out: report
LONDON (Reuters) - The fund BP
Fri, May 20, 2011
BP cuts oil spill burden with $1.1 billion Mitsui deal
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> <BP.N> struck a key victory in its battle to share the cost of the Gulf ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
BP to pay $25 million penalty over Alaska oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP has agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty plus interest to settle a federal investigation into a 2006 pipeline oil ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
U.S. to settle with BP over Alaska oil pipe spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government said it will announce on Tuesday a "major" settlement with BP Plc over an oil pipeline spill on Alaska's ...
Wed, April 27, 2011
BP profits hit by Gulf oil spill
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc <BP.L> reported a 2 percent drop in first-quarter profit, falling short of analysts' forecasts as the ...
Sun, April 24, 2011
Coast Guard cites Transocean lapses in Gulf spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Serious safety lapses by oil rig owner and operator Transocean Ltd contributed to the massive blowout and spill at a BP Plc ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
Furor over air controllers to spill into Congress
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An uproar over lapses by U.S. air traffic controllers will spill into Congress where critics of organized labor ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
BP to provide $1 billion for oil spill projects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc has agreed to provide $1 billion for projects in the Gulf of Mexico to restore natural resources damaged by last ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
Lawsuits fly in BP's Gulf spill blame game
By Tom Bergin and Moira Herbst
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A barrage of court claims pitting BP Plc against its partners in the Gulf ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
BP sues Transocean for $40 billion over oil spill
By Jonathan Stempel and Paritosh Bansal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - On the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP Plc sued Transocean ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
Gulf gets taste of recovery one year after spill
By Kathy Finn
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A year after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill swamped the Gulf coast with petroleum and ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
Gulf gets taste of recovery one year after spill
By Kathy Finn
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A year after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill swamped the Gulf coast with petroleum and ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
A year on, Gulf still grapples with BP oil spill
By Anna Driver and Matthew Bigg
VENICE, La./WAVELAND, Mississippi (Reuters) - When a BP oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
BP faces angry oil spill protesters at AGM
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP's annual shareholder meeting was disrupted by campaigners protesting against the oil giant's role in the Gulf ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
BP faces angry oil spill protesters at AGM
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP's <BP.L> annual shareholder meeting was disrupted by campaigners protesting against the oil giant's role in ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Scientists link oil on dolphins to BP spill
By Leigh Coleman
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Scientists confirmed on Thursday that they have discovered oil on dead dolphins found along the U.S. Gulf ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
U.S. oil-spill panel focuses on blowout preventer
By Kathy Finn
METAIRIE, Louisiana (Reuters) - An off-center drilling pipe in BP's doomed Macondo well disabled a blowout-preventer and prevented the fail-safe device ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
U.S. lawyers say BP, spill partners harmed cleanup crew
BANGALORE (Reuters) - BP Plc and other companies who had used chemical dispersants to fight the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should compensate the ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
U.S. OKs 6th deepwater drill permit since BP spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department said on Friday it approved a permit for Statoil <STL.OL> to drill for oil in the ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
U.S. examines blowout preventer in BP oil spill
By Tom Doggett and Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The failure of the underwater blowout preventer that led to the massive BP oil spill in ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
U.S. OKs 4th deepwater drilling permit since BP spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department said on Tuesday it approved a permit for Exxon Mobil <XOM.N> to drill in the deep ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Experts pore over contaminants in Japan's radioactive spill
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Authorities across Asia stepped up checks this week on Japanese imports after radioactive contaminants showed up in ...
Mon, March 14, 2011
Affairs, tapes, bonus spill into Rajaratnam trial
By Grant McCool and Basil Katz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Love affairs, a mysterious "India Book" and an audio tape of a purported cover-up spilled ...
Sat, March 12, 2011
U.S. issues second post-spill drill permit in Gulf
By Bruce Nichols
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The government has given BHP Billiton the second new permit to drill in the Gulf of Mexico since the ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
BP Gulf Spill Will Be Turned Into A Movie
This was bound to happen eventually. After all, it only took Hollywood five years to make not one, but two 9/11 movies so ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
BP oil spill offers clues on air pollution: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The BP oil spill that sent 4 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico last year also created air pollution ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
BP's Robert Dudley apologizes for Gulf spill
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's <BP.L> <BP.N> Chief Executive Robert Dudley issued an industry-wide apology for the worst offshore spill in U ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Justice Department to set up oil spill probe task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Monday that it will create a single task force to oversee all aspects of its criminal investigation ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Decades after spill, Exxon Valdez case back in court
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than two decades after the Exxon Valdez supertanker struck a reef and unleashed the nation's biggest ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
BP denies bonuses to top executives after spill
By Sarah Young and Alex Lawler
LONDON (Reuters) - BP will not pay bonuses for 2010 to the top executives whose divisions were involved in ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
U.S. to study health impact of BP oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health has launched a massive, long-range health study of people who helped clean up last year ...
Fri, February 25, 2011
TNK-BP ditches BP "green" colors after Gulf spill
By Jessica Bachman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - BP's Russian arm, TNK-BP, has done away with BP's trademark eco-friendly colors on its website in favor ...
Mon, February 14, 2011
BP faces new oil spill lawsuit by Ohio, NY funds
NEW YORK (Reuters) - State pension funds in Ohio and New York filed an amended complaint against BP Plc seeking to recover investment losses due ...
Tue, February 01, 2011
BP fund underpays oil spill victims: Mississippi
By Leigh Coleman
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - U.S. courts must compel the administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund to meet his ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
Lawmakers vow to pursue oil spill bill
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Wednesday pressed for new legislation aimed at preventing a repeat of last year's massive BP oil ...
Sat, January 22, 2011
Coast Guard investigating diesel spill in Boston harbor
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Coast Guard is investigating a diesel spill in Boston Harbor after a sheen on the water was reported earlier on Saturday ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
BP's U.S. spill experience a plus: Russian Minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian minister said BP's experience in cleaning up the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill was one of the reasons ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Spill panel calls for offshore drilling reform
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blaming the massive BP oil spill on government and industry complacency, a White House panel on Tuesday called for ...
Thu, January 06, 2011
Bacteria gobbled methane from BP spill: scientists
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bacteria ate nearly all the potentially climate-warming methane that spewed from BP's broken wellhead in the ...
Thu, January 06, 2011
BP, Transocean shrug off scathing oil spill report
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BP Plc and Transocean shrugged off a scathing report from U.S. Presidential panel which blamed the United States' worst ...
Wed, January 05, 2011
BP and firms made risky decisions before spill: report
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP and its partners made a series of cost-cutting decisions that ultimately contributed to the oil spill that ravaged ...
Sat, January 01, 2011
Jefferson Co. Residents Evacuated Due to Ethanol Spill
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - People living near an ethanol plant in Jefferson County were evacuated for a brief time in the middle of the ...
Tue, December 28, 2010
Feinberg strikes deals to settle oil spill claims
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The administrator of BP Plc's $20 billion compensation fund has paid $43 million to residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast ...
Thu, December 16, 2010
BP investors spooked by oil spill lawsuit
By Tom Bergin and Sarah Young
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil major BP was the biggest faller on Britain's blue-chip board on Thursday, as investors ...
Wed, December 15, 2010
Obama administration sues BP, others over Gulf spill
By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday launched a legal battle against BP Plc and its partners by ...
Tue, December 14, 2010
U.S. expected to join Gulf spill lawsuits: report
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The Justice Department is expected to join the hundreds of civil lawsuits that have been filed as a result of the ...
Mon, December 13, 2010
Feinberg has "quick pay" option for spill claims
By Anna Driver
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The administrator of BP Plc's <BP.L> $20 billion fund to compensate U.S. Gulf Coast residents affected ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Bush demands more action for Gulf oil spill clean-up
The One Tree Hill star has been campaigning to raise funds for the victims of the BP mess since a rig ruptured in April ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
"Inept" moves preceded BP spill: U.S. panel co-chair
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP and its contractors made a series of decisions that were "breathtakingly inept" ahead of the largest offshore oil ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Obama should step in over Gulf spill fund: Alabama governor
ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should intervene to stop the $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund from depriving claimants of their rights, Alabama ...
Fri, December 03, 2010
BP says spill flow lower than government estimate: panel
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc believes the actual flow rate of its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have ...
Thu, December 02, 2010
U.S. oil spill panel urges increased safety steps
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill commission on Thursday challenged offshore drillers to boost safety standards, detailing proposals for the ...
Wed, December 01, 2010
Special report: How BP's oil spill costs could double
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Last month, BP increased by $8 billion the financial provisions it was taking for the Gulf of Mexico oil ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
BP made risky decisions before spill-panel document
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> made a series of decisions while drilling its doomed Macondo well that saved time but added ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
File BP oil spill claims early, administrator says
By Bruce Nichols
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The administrator of BP Plc's $20-billion fund for victims of the worst U.S. offshore oil spill on ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
BP says it won't fight cap waiver on spill damages
By Moira Herbst
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters Legal) - BP Plc won't object to a court order legally binding the company to waive ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
BP fights court bid to lift oil-spill damages limit
By Moira Herbst
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters Legal) - BP Plc <BP.L> had said for months it would pay all legitimate damages for ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
BP's probation over Alaska oil spill challenged
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - BP's Alaska unit should have its criminal probation revoked and be subject to additional penalties because the ...
Tue, November 16, 2010
BP, firms missed key errors before spill
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lacking standards to weigh costs against safety, BP and its partners made critical errors leading to the largest offshore ...
Tue, November 09, 2010
Company errors, complacency preceded oil spill: panel
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Complacency at BP, as well as at Transocean Ltd and Halliburton, led to serious missteps prior to the rig ...
Mon, November 08, 2010
U.S. panel mostly agrees with BP's oil spill probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill panel agrees with about 90 percent of the results of BP's internal investigation of the causes ...
Tue, November 02, 2010
Toxic chemicals found deep at BP oil spill site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toxic chemicals at levels high enough to kill sea animals extended deep underwater soon after the BP oil spill, U.S. researchers ...
Tue, November 02, 2010
BP ups spill cost to $40 billion, profits beat forecast
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP offered investors tentative signs of recovery on Tuesday, with a modest rise in underlying profits, as it increased ...
Fri, October 29, 2010
Test shows no health risk to food from spill
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Testing has helped confirm that chemicals used to disperse oil from the BP spill have ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
BP CEO slams media, rivals for boosting spill fears
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP's new chief executive said its rivals and the media had helped cause a climate of fear during ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
BP sells Gulf of Mexico fields to pay for oil spill
TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - BP agreed to sell four fields in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico to Japan's Marubeni Corp for $650 ...
Fri, October 22, 2010
BP to miss Big Oil's bumper Q3 due to oil spill
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill meant it missed out on an industry-wide trend of higher profits and ...
Tue, October 19, 2010
BP tells court it waives cap on spill liability
By Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - BP Plc told a court it was committed to waiving the legal cap on its liability from the ...
Tue, October 12, 2010
Higher costs, risk lasting legacy of Gulf spill
By David Turner and Emma Farge
LONDON (Reuters) - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will push up costs and reduce the number of offshore ...
Tue, October 12, 2010
Shell criticizes BP oil spill report, well design
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc <RDSa.L> criticized the investigation that rival BP Plc <BP.L ...
Fri, October 08, 2010
Gulf Coast attorneys to lead U.S. oil spill lawsuits
By Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Four attorneys from Texas, Louisiana and Florida were appointed on Friday to a committee to lead the hundreds ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
Oil companies plan new U.S. oil spill fund
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. oil explorers are talking about forming a new insurance fund that would cover the costs of any ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
Hungary spill pollution eases, no damage to Danube
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Pollution levels from a red sludge spill in Hungary have declined and the Danube, one of Europe's longest rivers, has suffered ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
W.House blocked BP oil spill estimates: Govt panel
By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House in the spring blocked release of government worst-case estimates of the amount of oil spewing from ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
NOAA opens more Gulf waters to fishing after spill
DALLAS (Reuters) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday that it had reopened 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
BP pledges U.S. assets to oil spill fund
LONDON (Reuters) - BP named the Gulf of Mexico assets that it will use to help finance the $20 billion fund for victims of its ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
Oil firms not cooperating with spill probe: panel
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies involved in the BP oil spill are failing to cooperate fully with a probe by a White House ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
Al Gore's lawyer seeks to lead BP oil spill cases
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A high-profile attorney who represented former Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election recount has made a surprise bid ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
Alabama expects billions from BP over oil spill
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama expects to receive billions of dollars in penalties from BP Plc in the wake of the oil spill in the ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Costner testifies at oil spill hearings
The BP spill, which has now been capped, lasted for over 100 days earlier this year (10) as gallons upon gallons of oil leaked ...
Thu, September 23, 2010
Scientists give fresh estimate of Gulf oil spill
By Matthew Bigg
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Researchers weighed in on the controversial question of how much oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico during the ...
Mon, September 20, 2010
BP says oil spill compensation payout rate soars
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP said payouts to people affected by its Gulf of Mexico oil spill had dramatically increased since it surrendered ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
Alabama says BP denies its claim over oil spill
By Matthew Bigg
ATLANTA (Reuters) - BP Plc has turned down Alabama's claim for $148 million in lost government revenue due to the worst ...
Thu, September 16, 2010
Gulf spill judge says never too early to settle
By Tom Hals
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the hundreds lawsuits filed by shrimpers, restaurateurs and others against BP Plc and its partners ...
Thu, September 16, 2010
Gulf bounce back seen distant after spill
By Anna Driver
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies that operate in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico are having trouble obtaining permits for activities that are ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
Louisiana sues drilling companies over Gulf spill
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The state of Louisiana sued Transocean and Triton Asset Leasing in federal court for discharging oil into the Gulf of Mexico during ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
Oil spill lawsuits to start with clash over pace
By Tom Hals
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Scores of attorneys will jam a federal courtroom on Thursday to argue for almost immediate access to emails ...
Tue, September 14, 2010
5 Taken To Hospital After Fort Atkinson Chemical Spill
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Five people were sent to a hospital early Tuesday morning after a chemical spill at a factory in Fort Atkinson ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Gulf oil spill energizes foes of NY shale drilling
By Edith Honan
BINGHAMTON, New York (Reuters) - Critics of natural gas drilling in New York on Monday urged U.S. regulators to enact tougher ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
BP sees oil spill claims below $20 billion: analysts
LONDON (Reuters) - BP believes compensation claims related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be less than the $20 billion the oil giant ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
BP and partners trade blame for U.S. oil spill
By Tom Bergin and Ayesha Rascoe
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A BP Plc investigation of the Gulf of Mexico disaster played down its own role ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
BP probe to spread blame for spill: report
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's internal probe of the deadly April 20 blowout that unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will assign ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
NIH to use BP cash to study spill health effects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it would use $10 million from BP to start a multiyear study ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
Reporter Claims Enbridge is Bringing in Undocumented Workers to Help with Oil Spill Cleanup
KALAMAZOO -- The EPA, Enbridge and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are investigating claims that some of the 17-hundred workers cleaning up oil along the Kalamazoo ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
U.S. spill panel question drilling policy
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The BP oil spill was a massive "failure" in government oversight and administrations should be forced to consult with ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Cops Calling Vegetable Oil Spill Vandalism
OCONTO FALLS, Wis. (WTAQ) - Oconto Falls police are investigating a vegetable oil spill which they believe was vandalism.
It happened Tuesday outside the Northeast ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Lee slams Obama over oil spill
Lee has accused Obama of an error of judgment for ""trusting"" bosses at fuel giant BP to halt a potential environmental disaster after a ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Florida says visitors up despite Gulf oil spill
By Pascal Fletcher
MIAMI (Reuters) - The number of visitors to Florida from April through June increased, despite the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...
Mon, August 23, 2010
Oil Spill: Cameron, Nuytten Pool Resources with Experts, Officials
James Cameron on Tuesday took part in a brainstorming session with scientists, academics and Washington officials on how to contain the devastating oil spill ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
Hasselhoff to host oil spill show
The former Baywatch star will present the one-hour special, titled The Gulf Is Back, which will feature musical performances from acts including Brian McKnight ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Louisiana shrimp season opens amid spill concern
By Anna Driver
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Commercial fishermen can now trawl Louisiana's waters for white shrimp as the season opened on Monday, but ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
BP spill health effects need to be tracked: experts
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Doctors in the Gulf Coast region need to be alert to both the short and long-term health effects of ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
High rise chemical spill snarls NY's Times Square
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several blocks of New York's Times Square were closed down on Sunday night, creating chaos in the packed tourist district ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Lohan's mum to spill details about jail and rehab in TV interview
The Mean Girls star was sentenced to 90 days behind bars earlier this year (10) after she was found to have violated the terms ...
Fri, August 13, 2010
Alabama sues BP for "catastrophic" Gulf oil spill
By Verna Gates
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil ...
Thu, August 12, 2010
BP resumes work on relief well at Gulf spill
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Thursday work has resumed work on a relief well next to its blown-out Macondo well in the Gulf ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
New Orleans judge to oversee oil spill cases
By Martha Graybow and Tom Hals
NEW YORK/WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - A New Orleans federal judge will oversee several hundred civil lawsuits stemming from ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
BP says oil spill costs hit $6.1 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> said the cost of dealing with its ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has risen to $6 ...
Sat, August 07, 2010
Michigan oil spill caused by 5-foot tear in pipeline
By Jeffrey Jones
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Oil that fouled a Michigan river system spewed from a rip less than five feet long in an ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Bush running half marathon for oil spill
The One Tree Hill star flew to New Orleans, Louisiana in June (10) to survey the damage caused by the BP slick, which has ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Anadarko, Transocean shares up on spill news
By Anna Driver
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp <APC.N> and Transocean Ltd <RIGN.VX> <RIG.N>, companies that may face liability ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Browner: vast majority of BP spill oil collected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most of the oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico is gone thanks to containment, burning and skimming measures ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Nearly 3/4 of BP spill oil gone from Gulf
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly three-fourths of oil from the BP spill is gone from the Gulf of Mexico, with 26 ...
Tue, August 03, 2010
Enbridge says two-thirds of spill oil gathered up
By Scott Haggett
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc said on Tuesday it has removed two-thirds of the more than 800,000 gallons of oil ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Oil spill pipeline won't reopen this week: Enbridge
By Steve James
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc's chief executive said on Sunday the company would not restart its ruptured pipeline in Michigan ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
House approves oil spill reform legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation to strengthen federal offshore drilling regulations in response to the BP oil spill in ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Senate plans Wed. test vote on oil spill bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate plans to hold a procedural vote next Wednesday to test whether there is enough support to pass legislation clamping down ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
EPA says Michigan spill appears contained
By Bernie Woodall
DETROIT (Reuters) - Oil spilled from a pipeline in Michigan does not present a threat to the Great Lakes and the spill ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Gulf spill raises long-term beach safety questions
By Tom Brown
MIAMI (Reuters) - It could be years before some Gulf of Mexico beaches recover fully from BP Plc's massive oil spill ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Officials ready criminal probe of oil spill: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several U.S. government agencies are preparing a criminal probe of at least three companies involved in the massive oil spill in ...
Tue, July 27, 2010
No timetable to reopen Mississippi after spill
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River between markers 776 and 769, just north of Memphis, Tennessee, due to ...
Sun, July 25, 2010
Fraudsters angle for piece of BP oil spill fund
By Alexandria Sage
BOOTHVILLE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Swindlers, scammers and even a few strippers are flocking to the Gulf Coast in search of a piece ...
Sat, July 24, 2010
BP stalls payments to oil spill victims: Feinberg
By Leigh Coleman
BAYOU LE BATRE, Alabama (Reuters) - British energy giant BP Plc is holding up payments to economic victims of the Gulf of ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Gulf tourism may lose $22.7 billion to oil spill
By Deborah Charles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lucrative tourism industry in the Gulf of Mexico could suffer for up to three years with $22.7 ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Scam artists target victims of Gulf oil spill
MIAMI (Reuters) - An e-mail scam featuring someone purporting to be BP Plc's Chief Executive Tony Hayward is targeting victims of the company's ...
Wed, July 21, 2010
Special report: Plumes, politics and the sultan of spill
By Jeff Mason
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - It is a Thursday morning in early July and Thad Allen is ready to start his day. There ...
Tue, July 20, 2010
Gulf cattle ranchers fear toxins after oil spill
By Alexandria Sage
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - The cattle in these parts don't seem to mind the helicopters hauling oil booms overhead, nor the ...
Tue, July 20, 2010
BP to sell Vietnam assets to help pay oil spill costs
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> said it is to sell gas fields and an associated pipeline and terminal in Vietnam, worth ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
China seals oil port after spill
By Chen Aizhu and Ben Blanchard
BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's biggest ports, Dalian, shut on Monday after an pipeline explosion triggered a ...
Sun, July 18, 2010
Spill probe eyes anomalies in crew's response: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities probing BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are looking into why workers missed signs of ...
Thu, July 15, 2010
Lawmakers want to avoid "Agent Orange" in spill dispersants
By Alina Selyukh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pressed the Environmental Protection Agency for assurances that BP was using safe agents to ...
Wed, July 14, 2010
Louisiana bayou life in jeopardy after oil spill
By Alexandria Sage
CYPRESS GROVE, Louisiana (Reuters) - At first glance, everything appears normal on the bayou where Emile Trudeau has been coming to fish ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
BP shares extend bounce on oil spill containment cap
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in oil major BP <BP.L> rose 2.7 percent on Tuesday, taking their bounce this month to 28 percent, on ...
Mon, July 12, 2010
2nd Wave of Scams Rolling in Connected to Gulf Oil Spill
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State consumer protection officials say there’s a second wave of scams being pulled off in connection with the Gulf Coast ...
Mon, July 12, 2010
Profit surprises seen for companies tied to oil spill
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Surprises may be in store this earnings season for U.S. companies tied to BP Plc's oil ...
Sun, July 11, 2010
Justice Department doing interviews in oil spill probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department has started interviewing witnesses as part of the criminal and civil investigation of the oil spill that has sullied ...
Sun, July 11, 2010
Mental health a growing concern after Gulf spill
By Matthew Bigg
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Gulf Coast native Kindra Arnesen is so anxious about the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...
Sat, July 10, 2010
BP spill won't affect Iraq projects: oil minister
By Ahmed Rasheed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's oil minister said on Saturday he sees no impact from the massive oil spill at a BP ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
New batfish species found under Gulf oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have discovered two previously unknown species of bottom-dwelling fish in the Gulf of Mexico, living right in the area affected by ...
Wed, July 07, 2010
Spill spells more trouble for Florida real estate
By Michael Peltier
PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Chris Reid was pumped. After suffering through a few years of tight credit and the U.S ...
Tue, July 06, 2010
Storms aggravate damage from Gulf oil spill
By Matthew Bigg
BAY JIMMY, Louisiana (Reuters) - Summer storms are pushing oil from a BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico deeper into Louisiana ...
Mon, July 05, 2010
BP says cost of oil spill hits $3.12 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil company BP <BP.L> said it had so far spent $3.12 billion on the response effort to its Gulf of ...
Sat, July 03, 2010
Spill panel to hold public meeting July 12-13
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A presidential panel to probe the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and recommend new rules to ...
Fri, July 02, 2010
Tax relief sought for Gulf states hit by spill
By Kim Dixon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bipartisan lawmakers on Friday sought tax breaks for mostly small business to help cushion the economic blow from oil ...
Wed, June 30, 2010
Senate panel votes to end oil spill liability cap
By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress on Wednesday took major steps to rein in Big Oil's offshore drilling practices, as one Senate panel ...
Wed, June 30, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill Delaying Controversial WI Bridge Project Review
STILLWATER, Minn. (WTAQ) - The Gulf oil spill is holding up the latest review of a controversial bridge project in northwest Wisconsin.
The National Park ...
Wed, June 30, 2010
Special Report: BP oil spill a gusher for lawyers
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - From a legal perspective, BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout and the 1989 grounding of the Exxon Valdez are ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
Expert sees big mental health effects from BP spill
By Michael Peltier
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLA (Reuters) - The mental health impacts of the BP oil spill will dwarf those encountered after the last major ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
Impact of spill on Gulf tourism could last years
By Deborah Charles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lucrative tourism industry in the Gulf of Mexico could be hard hit for years by the false perception ...
Mon, June 28, 2010
Lawmakers ask oil majors for Gulf spill plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key U.S. lawmakers investigating the BP Plc oil spill have asked major energy companies for information on their response plans after ...
Mon, June 28, 2010
BP oil spill costs hit $100 million/day
LONDON (Reuters) - BP said it had spent $300 million on its Gulf of Mexico oil spill response effort in the past three days, hitting ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
BP says cost of oil spill hits $2.35 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil company BP said it had so far spent $2.35 billion on the response effort to its Gulf of Mexico oil ...
Wed, June 23, 2010
Poll: Obama's ratings fall amid Gulf oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job performance rating has dropped to the lowest level of his presidency as Americans grow less confident in ...
Wed, June 23, 2010
House Democrats drafting oil spill legislation
By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives have begun drafting legislation to tighten oil industry practices, especially in deep-water drilling ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Clean-up workers risk health problems from oil spill
By Emma Ashburn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Workers struggling in the heat to clean up oil from the ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
States want BP to pay for oil spill loss
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eleven East Coast U.S. states have told BP they will hold it responsible for any losses caused ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
BP oil spill costs hit $2 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil giant BP said on Monday the cost of its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill had hit $2 billion ...
Sun, June 20, 2010
BP to raise $50 billion for oil spill costs: report
LONDON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> is planning to raise $50 billion to cover the cost of the largest oil spill in U.S. history ...
Sat, June 19, 2010
Bureaucracy frustrates Gulf oil spill efforts
By Jeffrey Jones
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Those on the front lines of the Gulf Coast oil spill say they are forced to fight ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
More than 32 million watch Obama oil spill address
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 32 million Americans watched U.S. President Barack Obama address the nation on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
Despite spill, most Americans back offshore drilling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans still support offshore drilling and believe it is critical to making the U.S. competitive, despite the growing oil spill ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
BP cuts dividend and capex to pay for oil spill
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil giant BP said it would not pay three quarters of dividends, significantly reduce its investment program and sell ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
BP chairman apologizes to Americans for oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's chairman apologized on Wednesday to the American people for the catastrophic oil spill on the Gulf coast.
The company ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
BP Agrees to Create $20B Escrow Fund for Gulf Oil Spill
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - BP has agreed to set up a $20 billion escrow fund to cover mounting economic damage claims from the Gulf ...
Tue, June 15, 2010
Shippers Believe Effects of Gulf Oil Spill Could Reach WI
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin shippers on the Mississippi River say they’ve been largely unaffected by the Gulf Coast oil spill. But that ...
Mon, June 14, 2010
Moody's see unprecedented oil spill crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The worst oil spill in U.S. history has created an unprecedented financial, legal, regulatory and environmental crisis for companies that ...
Sat, June 12, 2010
Oil spill fears weigh on New Orleans seafood party
By Jeffrey Jones
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - On the surface, all seemed right with the world at the Louisiana Seafood Festival, with the aroma of ...
Sat, June 12, 2010
States press BP for compensation from spill: report
CHICAGO (Reuters) - States along the Gulf of Mexico are increasing demands for financial compensation from BP Plc as a massive oil spill continues to ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
Obama declares spill "assault on our shores"
By Steve Holland
PENSACOLA, Florida (Reuters) - Standing near the surf on the white sandy beaches of northwest Florida, President Barack Obama on Tuesday peered ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
Sensenbrenner blasts Obama, BP over slow spill reponse
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin House Republican Jim Sensenbrenner has lashed out at both President Obama and B-P over the oil spill on the Gulf Coast ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
BP sees $3-$6 billion oil spill cleanup bill: analyst
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> expects the total bill for the clean up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
State Officials Warn of Gulf Oil Spill Charity Scams
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials say the Gulf Coast oil spill has bubbled up to Wisconsin in the form of charity scams. The state ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
BP spill won't hurt U.S.-British ties: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a matter between the United States and a private company and will ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
Obama pushes Congress on financial reforms, spill
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pushed congressional leaders Thursday to pass energy, financial reform and jobs measures, even as they grapple ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
Oil spill ripples through Florida economy
By Michael Peltier
PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Gary Chernekoff doesn't own a restaurant, isn't a charter boat captain and doesn't work ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
BP buys Google ads for search term "oil spill"
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc has bought terms such as "oil spill" from search engine providers including Google Inc to help direct Internet users to ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
BP shares jump on first major oil spill progress
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in oil major BP Plc rose on Monday after the company said it was capturing most of the ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Robert Redford attacks big oil, politics on spill
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor and environmentalist Robert Redford has weighed in on the U.S. oil spill crisis, condemning efforts by major energy companies ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Some State BP Stations Losing Biz Over Gulf Oil Spill
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - At least some of Wisconsin’s BP gas stations are losing business, as customers show their anger over the oil slick ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Florida coast suffers first impact from oil spill
By Jane Ross
PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Tar balls washed ashore in northwest Florida on Friday, the first apparent impact there from the Gulf ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Oil spill forces Obama to postpone foreign travel
By Ross Colvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the worst oil spill in U.S. history presenting a key test of his presidency, President Barack Obama ...
Thu, June 03, 2010
Senator Reid asks for ideas to address oil spill
By Ayesha Rascoe and Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday asked key committee leaders to address the Gulf oil ...
Thu, June 03, 2010
Scenarios: The future for BP after the oil spill
By Tom Bergin
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP'soil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has become the worst in U.S. history, prompting speculation about ...
Thu, June 03, 2010
BP credit ratings cut as oil-spill costs mount
By Sarah Young and Paul Hoskins
LONDON (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings downgraded BP <BP.L>, reversing its view that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Obama says ready to "'kick ass" over Gulf oil spill
By Anna Driver and JoAnne Allen
VENICE, La/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he wanted to know "whose ass to kick" over the ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Biden acknowledges message lapse on oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has been deeply involved in the effort to staunch the Gulf of Mexico oil spill from the start but ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Oil arrival puts Alabama island on spill frontline
By Verna Gates and Kelli Dugan
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (Reuters) - Teams of workers in protective boots and gloves scoured Alabama's Dauphin Island on ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
In oil spill shadow, Obama pledges energy bill push
By Alister Bull
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to find Senate support for a bill to overhaul U.S. energy policy ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
"Titanic" director Cameron brainstorms on oil spill
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Titanic" director and deep sea explorer James Cameron took part in a brainstorming session with scientists, academics and Washington officials on ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
President Obama Threatens Legal Action in Gulf Oil Spill
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - President Obama is threatening federal prosecutions if laws were broken in the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. In ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
BP seeks to reassure investors over oil spill cost
LONDON (Reuters) - BP will seek to patch up its battered share price by reassuring investors the cost of cleaning up the oil spill in ...
Sun, May 30, 2010
White House: BP's New Plan Could Spike Spill 20%
CHICAGO, Ill./VENICE, La. (Reuters) - The amount of oil and gas leaking from BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico could increase ...
Fri, May 28, 2010
BP's spill costs hit $930 million
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc still does not know whether its "top kill" operation designed to plug the biggest oil spill in United States history ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
Obama Defends Response to Gulf Oil Spill
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - President Obama is forcefully defending the federal government's response to the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
BP spill eclipses Exxon Valdez, says government
By Chris Baltimore
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The amount of oil spilled by BP Plc's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well has eclipsed the 1989 Exxon ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP, shut down on Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of crude oil into backup ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
U.S. pushes to lift oil spill liability cap
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government's push to make BP Plc pay for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
Shareholders sue BP for spill liability
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Shareholders have sued the board of BP Plc <BP.L> for failing to monitor safety and exposing the company to potentially ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
Coast Guard Admiral: We're Doing Everything Possible for Oil Spill
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - BP and the federal government are doing everything possible to stop the massive oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Sun, May 23, 2010
U.S. will "push" out BP if spill response falls short
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will move aside BP from the operation to try to halt the Gulf of Mexico oil spill if ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Obama disappointed Senate oil spill measure stalled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he was disappointed that a measure to lift limits on oil firm liability for spills had ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
U.S. expands no-fishing zone around oil spill
MIAMI (Reuters) - The United States has nearly doubled the no-fishing zone in the Gulf of Mexico because of the spread of oil leaking from ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
U.S. says offshore drilling key despite oil spill
By Ayesha Rascoe and Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Secretary said on Tuesday offshore drilling was vital to meet the country ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Oil spill threatens way of life on Louisiana bayou
By Steve Gorman
COCODRIE, Louisiana (Reuters) - For part-time fisherman and deckhand Randy Arceneaux, this season was supposed to mark his first chance to trawl ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
Obama to create panel to probe oil spill
By Jeff Mason
HOUSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will create a commission to investigate the cause of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, evaluate ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
Senate panel asks govt criminal probe of oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Environment and Public Works committee head Barbara Boxer on Monday asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into the ...
Sat, May 15, 2010
White House keeps up heat on BP over oil spill
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Obama administration officials demanded "immediate public clarification" from BP Plc about paying for the Gulf of Mexico oil ...
Fri, May 14, 2010
Huge BP spill means a high-stakes hurricane season
By Joshua Schneyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP's oil spill could make for one of the highest-stakes U.S. Gulf hurricane seasons on record ...
Fri, May 14, 2010
Lawmaker questions BP over oil spill estimates
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawmaker on Friday urged BP to provide more information about how much oil is gushing into the Gulf ...
Thu, May 13, 2010
Dolphin, turtle deaths eyed for links to oil spill
By Steve Gorman
PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) - Scientists are examining the deaths of at least six dolphins and over 100 sea turtles along the ...
Thu, May 13, 2010
BP says oil spill costs $450 million so far
LONDON (Reuters) - British oil major BP <BP.L> said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had cost it $450 million so far ...
Wed, May 12, 2010
Majority backs oil drilling despite spill
MIAMI (Reuters) - Despite the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, 57 percent of likely American voters agree that offshore drilling "is still ...
Wed, May 12, 2010
White House details oil spill legislation, spending
MIAMI (Reuters) - Legislation proposed by the Obama administration to respond to the massive Gulf oil spill foresees $118 million in one-time discretionary spending, the ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
Obama wants to beef up law on oil spill damage cap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants his administration to send legislation to Congress to toughen U.S. law on caps for damages from oil ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
BP says oil spill costs $350 million so far, shares hit
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil major BP Plc said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had cost it $350 million so ...
Sun, May 09, 2010
BP spends $10 million a day on oil spill clean-up: report
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc could be spending as much as $10 million a day on clean-up efforts after a giant oil spill in the ...
Sat, May 08, 2010
Spill could devastate U.S. Gulf Coast oyster reefs
By Steve Gorman
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - The lowly oyster, a tasty delicacy to seafood lovers but a curiosity to more squeamish diners, is also ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Special report: Will the cleanup make the BP oil spill worse?
By Yereth Rosen and Peter Henderson
CORDOVA, Alaska/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - More than half an inch of oil covered the sea when Dennis Kelso ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
BP turns to Twitter, Facebook on spill information
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Phone lines at the command center where teams are directing clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are often jammed, but ...
Wed, May 05, 2010
Reid says supports raising oil-spill liability cap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday that he supported a proposal to raise the liability cap on companies responsible for ...
Tue, May 04, 2010
BP overcomes snag in bid to curb spill
By Ed Stoddard
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc overcame a snag in its latest effort to curb the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as ...
Tue, May 04, 2010
U.S. oil spill hurting energy moves in Congress
By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The massive, uncontrolled oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is roiling President Barack Obama's carefully laid plans ...
Mon, May 03, 2010
BP reels as spill advances, fallout widens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The spread of a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has raised concerns among some in the oil industry ...
Mon, May 03, 2010
Fishing closed in Gulf waters affected by oil spill
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials closed commercial and recreational fishing in a large swathe of waters hit by the growing oil spill in the ...
Mon, May 03, 2010
BP shares extend slide as oil spill expands
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil giant BP Plc's <BP.L> shares sank further on Monday as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Sun, May 02, 2010
Oil spill could cost BP over $4.6 billion: report
LONDON (Reuters) -The huge oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico could cost British energy giant BP <BP.L> over 3 billion pounds ($4 ...
Sat, May 01, 2010
Oil spill trims U.S. offshore natural gas supply
By Kristen Hays
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The government on Saturday said two offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were shut as a safety ...
Sat, May 01, 2010
BP reels as spill advances, fallout widens
By Matthew Bigg
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Energy giant BP Plc was under siege on Monday over the catastrophic oil spill from its ruptured Gulf ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
Lawmakers call for execs to testify on oil spill
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Friday summoned top executives from companies involved in the Gulf oil rig disaster to testify ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
Louisiana fishermen losing patience over spill
By Matthew Bigg
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Louisiana fishermen, who say they face ruin because of the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill, were fast ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
US Justice Dept sends team to monitor oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday he was dispatching a team of lawyers to New Orleans to monitor the oil spill ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
BP CEO says will pay oil spill claims
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc will compensate all those affected by an oil spill from one of its wells in the Gulf ...
Thu, April 29, 2010
Oil spill pressures White House on drilling, climate
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico could force the White House to rethink plans to increase ...
Thu, April 29, 2010
Obama to visit scene of Gulf oil spill
By Matthew Bigg
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to back efforts to avert a environmental disaster ...
Wed, April 28, 2010
Coast Guard chief sees big risk from oil spill
By Pascal Fletcher
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Coast Guard is scrambling to prevent a giant slick from an oil rig blowout from reaching the U ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Gulf of Mexico spill may hit coast this weekend
By Chris Baltimore
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A giant oil slick from a deadly offshore drilling rig explosion could hit the fragile U.S. Gulf Coast ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
BP profits soar, investors eye oil spill
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc <BP.L> failed to reassure investors with a more than doubling of first-quarter net profits on Tuesday ...
Fri, April 23, 2010
Obama unchanged on offshore drilling despite spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has no plans to reconsider his proposal for new offshore oil drilling in the aftermath of an oil spill ...
Thu, April 22, 2010
Oil spill contained, search for 11 continues
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil appears not to be flowing from a sunken drilling rig and damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico, but hope was ...
Tue, April 13, 2010
Frustrations Spill Over at Green Bay Conservation Hearing
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Last year’s frustrations by Wisconsin deer hunters spilled over into at least one of the annual conservation hearings around ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Factory Spill Contained in Zeeland
(Zeeland, MI - WHTC News) - Officials of the Bristol-Myers-Squibb plant on Main Street in Zeeland disclosed that a small release of sanitary waste from a ...
Sat, February 06, 2010
UPDATE: Michigan Highway Open Again After Spill
MENOMINEE, Mich. (WTAQ) - Highway M-35 is back open after a gas tanker rolled over early Saturday. It led to evacuations in Menominee County Michigan ...
Sat, January 23, 2010
Texas waterway remains closed after oil spill
By Erwin Seba
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Sabine-Neches Waterway, that supplies oil to four Texas refineries representing 6.5 percent of U.S. capacity, remained ...
Tue, January 12, 2010
U.S. East Coast port shut after explosives spill
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - The U.S. East Coast port of Morehead City, North Carolina, which handles rubber imports and chemical cargoes, was closed ...
Fri, October 30, 2009
Coast Guard probes fuel spill in San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Friday it was investigating an early morning spill of bunker fuel from a refueling ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
WTO warns tire trade measures could spill over
By Adrian Croft and Kylie MacLellan
LONDON (Reuters) - Trade measures of the type imposed by the United States on Chinese tires run the risk ...
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