BP oil spill

Initial test results show that the dispersed oil from BP's Gulf of Mexico oil drilling blowout may be more toxic to marine microorganisms than first thought.

Speculation about the amount of oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico continues to run rampant.

After conducting tests on the condition of the oil pipe in its blown out Macando oil well,  BP has decided that completing the drilling of a relief well is necessary to "kill" the well.

It appears BP's saga of capping its leaking Macando oil well may have come to an inadvertent ending.

Today, scientists are scouring over data taken from four hours of testing performed on the well's broken pipe to determine whether or not it has been plugged permanently by cement.

Now that the federal government's team of scientists has determined an average flow rate for oil leaking from the busted pipe in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. congressman Edward Markey is calling on BP to accept the number so that damage claims can proceed.

BP (NYSE:BP) estimates the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has cost the company US$6.1 billion.

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As BP finishes plugging its busted oil pipe in the Gulf of Mexico by pumping cement into the well head, the White House is being accused of misleading the public by stating a vast majority of the oil has been removed from the Gulf.

It appears the environmental and financial fallout from its offshore oil drilling debacle in the Gulf of Mexico has not hindered BP's plans to begin drilling for oil of

BP has confirmed its Static Kill operations have successfully plugged the leaking oil reservoir.