The cap is a temporary measure until the gusher can be plugged deep underground, where a seal will hold better than by blocking the powerful gusher from the top. BP plans to shoot cement and heavy ...

NEW ORLEANS-- BP's 48-hour trial run of a cap blocking oil from streaming into the Gulf of Mexico ended Saturday with no word on what happens next. BP spokesman Daren Beaudo said the company would ...

NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS — A new, tighter cap is expected to be placed on top of BP’s busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, a few tantalizing steps shy of knowing whether it will be enough to ...

BP again plans to ramp up testing of its newest well cap system Thursday. The multi-stage test, which will take 48 hours, will determine the company’s next step in its attempt to control the leak. If ...

A Transocean Ltd. Development Driller III rig works to drill a relief well to plug the damaged Macondo well; Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated 12:46 p.m. ET | BP said Sunday morning ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BP lowered a new, tight-fitting containment cap over its renegade well in the Gulf of Mexico late Monday, a move that may give the company the ability to ...

Ambiguous test results from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico kept scientists from the oil company BP and the federal government puzzling over details Friday as they tried to decide whether ...