Deepwater Oil Spill - Clearing the Relief Well to restart

The work in the Gulf that is moving toward a more permanent solution to the leaking well beyond the current cap on the well is moving forwar...

Deepwater Oil Spill - the Dispersant Meeting Report

Concerns about the use of dispersant by the Rapid Response Teams (RRT) working on the Deepwater Horizon spill led to the ”Deepwater Horizon ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - of plumes, and drillships, FPSOs and the ASJ

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has now tested water samples from oil plumes at three sites in the Gulf of...

Deepwater Oil Spill - the end of Top Kill

BP and Admiral Landry just held a Press Conference in which they said that, based on a decision 90 minutes ago, by the “best and brightest m...

The Gulf oil spill, recovery and cleanup - Monday's Press Conference

Today’s press conference in Louisiana began with an update on the use of the riser insertion tool. However Coast Guard Admiral Landry caut...

Threading the needle at the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill site

Late on Friday night BP began to try inserting a narrow pipe into the remnant of the riser lying on the sea bed at the site of the Deepwate...

The API Telecon on the Deepwater Horizon fire and oil spill

On Thursday API hosted a conference call to review the status of the Deepwater Horizon fire and oil spill. There were some 14 bloggers taki...