HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc was working to ready the first of two relief wells to bore into its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well about 13,000 feet (3.9 km) under the seabed and permanently plug and seal ...

Energy giant BP began pumping drilling mud Tuesday into the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as part of efforts to seal it for good. The... Energy giant BP began pumping mud Tuesday into the ...

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO - BP embarked Tuesday on an operation that could seal the biggest offshore oil leak in U.S. history once and for all, forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well in a ...

BP embarked yesterday on an operation that could seal the biggest offshore oil leak in U.S. history once and for all, forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well in a tactic known variously as ...

BP won't know until Sunday if pumping heavy mud into a blown-out well on the seafloor is successful in stopping the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, its chief executive said. CEO Tony Hayward said on ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. NEW ORLEANS - After insisting for months that a pair of costly relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at ...

ROBERT, La. — The hypnotic video of mud, gas and oil billowing from the seafloor has become an Internet sensation as Americans watch to see whether BP’s effort to plug the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico ...