BP Is Told to Finish Relief Well

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BP PLC must continue work on a relief well to permanently seal the Gulf of Mexico oil leak..

BP says it's sorry - and guarantees $20B for Gulf

President Barack Obama wrested a $20 billion compensation guarantee and an apology to the nation from British oil giant BP Wednesday..

U.S. Lawmakers blast oil firms' drilling plans

U.S. lawmakers blasted major oil companies on Tuesday for "virtually worthless" and "cookie cutter" plans to handle a deepwater oil disaster...

Documents reveal BP's missteps before blowout

BP made a series of money-saving shortcuts and blunders that dramatically increased the danger of a destructive oil spill in a well that an engineer ominously described as a "nightmare"....

Coast Guard Tells BP to Speed Up Containment Pace

The federal government has given BP until the end of the weekend to find ways to speed up efforts to contain huge amounts of oil gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a letter released Saturday, as large globs of brown crude coated Alabama's white sand beaches.

Gulf oil leak estimate soaring

NEW YORK - A government panel roughly doubled its estimate yesterday of the amount of oil that had gushed for weeks from the out-of-control BP well...