BP PLC and the US Justice Department reached a settlement regarding some criminal aspects of the deepwater Macondo well blowout but US prosecutors continue pursuing civil claims that BP committed ...

A year after the Macondo well was capped, our region has come a long way in recovering from the BP oil spill. But we still have a long road ahead in repairing the damage to our economy and environment ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 2-- BP PLC planned an Aug. 2 injectivity test on the blowout Macondo well in 5,000 ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico to determine if a planned static kill procedure is likely to work, ...

The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this week shot down BP's push to modify a compensation agreement with a group called the Plaintiff's Steering Committee (PSC) after allegations of fraud ...

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HOUSTON — BP issued a quick and emphatic denial Thursday after reports began circulating on the Internet about new leaks in its Macondo well, source of a massive Gulf of Mexico spill last year. “None ...

supermajor BP (LON:BP) is set to begin an operation dubbed static kill to permanently plug its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the oil leak that has so far wiped oil more than a third of ...

* BP's Macondo bears some parallels to novel's city * BP has faced field name issues before By Kristen Hays and Rebekah Kebede HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The name BP Plc <BP.L> <BP.N> gave ...

BP operations boss Doug Suttles said Wednesday the company believes about half the flow from the Macondo well is natural gas. The UK supermajor said it is now collecting about 3000 barrels per day and ...

London-based BP is nearing the third anniversary of its Macondo Gulf of Mexico well disaster, almost certainly the most horrendous incident in U.S. oil and gas history. Increasingly, the key question ...

HOUSTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - BP Plc's <BP.L> <BP.N> cement job to seal it's blown-out Macondo well is performing "as expected," a company executive said on Friday. "All of the indications so far look ...