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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — A BP official is telling The Associated Press that the company has received federal approval to continuously spray chemicals underwater on the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.BP PLC spokesman Mark Proegler said the company received Environmental Protection Agency approval and began pumping dispersant on the site starting at 4:30 a.m. Monday. The company plans to continue spraying and taking tests.The dispersants had never been tried at such depths before this spill and officials have been worried about the effect on the environment.Officials with BP have been encouraged by the underwater spraying, saying it prevents some of the oil from reaching the surface.An EPA spokeswoman didn't immediately return a telephone call or e-mail.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — Top hats and junk shots are on the list of possible next steps as BP, casting about after a 100-...
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, July 2 - His face wracked by age and his voice rasping after decades of chain-smoking coarse tobacco, the former long-time Russian Minister of nuc...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rig drilling a relief well meant to stanch a gushing flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico is ahead of schedule and could reach its target over th...
The drug companies beating expectations on first quarter, Goldman Sachs and the SEC could begin settlement talks later today and BP working to cap an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico
Are BP and federal government prepared for the future if oil leak cannot be stopped?
HAMMOND, La. (AP) — BP officials say they have decided to first try sucking oil away from the gushing Gulf well with a tube that will be inserted into the jagged pip...
BARATARIA BAY, La. -- The executive in charge of fighting a Gulf of Mexico oil spill acknowledged Monday everyone is frustrated at BP's failure to plug the ocean gus...
The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of th...
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Drilling crews are grinding ever deeper to build the relief wells that are the best hope of stopping the massive oil leak at the bottom of t...
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — The astonishing news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for b...
How long will oil leak impact Gulf Coast habitats?
Beau Dietl and Associates Founder Bo Dietl on how BP should stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico .
BP and the Obama administration offered significantly differing views Sunday on whether the capped Gulf of Mexico oil well will have to be reopened, a contradiction ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It could take hours or it could take months to stop a 42,000-gallon-a-day oil leak polluting the Gulf of Mexico at the site of a wrecked drilling ...
Other options BP could use to stop oil leak
NEW ORLEANS -- The plan to start choking off oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico was suddenly halted as government officials and BP said further analysis must be don...
BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and started trying to slowly choke off the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, in the...
Company touts success of new cap on broken well
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressed hope Tuesday that the worst could be over in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico but it may be wishful...
BP has begun work on a relief well that could be used to plug the massive oil leak in the gulf coast. The new drill site is about half a mile on the seabed from the ...
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