Oil Spill

Andrea Larson, 14, her mother Denise and sister Jessica, 17, dig through a patch tar balls on the Public Beach in Gulf Shores Tuesday, June 22, 2010.

A key piece of evidence in the oil spill probe has been safely secured on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, and investigators are getting their first chance to personally look at the device up close.

A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of equipment that failed stop the gusher four months ago.

The company whose Gulf of Mexico oil platform erupted in flames this week cited the industry’s “excellent safety record” when it opposed a proposed federal rule last year that would require offshore oil and gas operators to have safety systems aimed at reducing workers’ mistakes.

Is BP playing hardball, or is it having another Hayward-esque “I want my life back” moment? In an article published Friday in the New York Times, David Nagel, executive vice president for BP America, warned that the company would be hard pressed to build up its $20 billion oil spill fund unless it’s allowed to continue drilling on the U.S. Outer …

FILE – In this July 14, 2010 combination of two file photos made from images taken from video… FILE – In this July 14, 2010 combination of two file photos made from images taken from video provided by BP PLC oil flows from two of three valves on the new 75-ton cap atop the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at 17:04 …

LONDON a ‘ BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP raises the titanic steel blowout preventer, whose failure led to the Gulf oil spill, one of the world’s worst.

Gov. Bob Riley and Attorney General Troy King: Alabama’s governor has hired a prominent Birmingham law firm to represent the state in oil spill litigation, but King charges that the firm, Balch & Bingham, cannot ethically work for Riley’s office because it previously had worked on civil litigation that the attorney general is pursuing against BP …

News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.

BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil giant BP said Friday that the Gulf oil spill had cost the British company eight billion euros so far.

BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.

Engineers have removed a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s blown-out well in mid-July. More oil is not expected to leak into the sea, but crews are on standby with collection vessels just in case.

Agency Backing Off Report of Mile-Long Sheen Spreading from Platform that Exploded off La.

America’s favorite seafood? Shrimp. It’s easy to see why; shrimp are available fresh or frozen, shell-on and peeled, raw and cooked.

A well connected to an oil and gas production platform caught on fire in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, engulfing the vessel in flames about 100 miles off the central coast of Louisiana and forcing 13 people overboard, Gov.

An oil rig about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay in Louisiana has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill, the Associated Press and CNN are reporting.

Sampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state and federal officials that all seafood tested here is safe to eat.

In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 4:41 CDT, Tuesday Aug. 3, 2010 the new 75-ton cap sits atop the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.