MiamiHerald.com: Gulf Oil Spill

Experts: Another BP-style Gulf blowout all too possible

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:19 EDT

Much more needs to be done to lower the risks of another offshore oil disaster like the BP blowout two years ago in the Gulf of Mexico, the presidential commission that investigated the disaster reported Tuesday in its first progress update.

BP's altered photo distorts spill center activity

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:53 EDT

BP acknowledges it posted on its website an altered photo that exaggerates the activity at its Gulf oil spill command center in Houston.

Sandra Bullock, other celebs back Gulf restoration

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:42 EDT

NEW ORLEANS -- From Sandra Bullock to Drew Brees, more than a dozen celebrities are urging people to sign a petition demanding full funding and implementation of a plan to restore the Gulf of Mexico and its coasts and wetlands.

More testing needed for giant oil skimmer

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:20 EDT

An official said more tests are needed to determine if a massive Taiwanese oil skimmer tested amid choppy seas over the weekend can successfully scour large amounts of crude from the Gulf.

Tell us about your BP claim

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:26 EDT

BP ignores offers to help with oil spill cleanup efforts

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:11 EDT

NEW ORLEANS -- BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of equipment and making little use of the fishing boats and volunteers available to help clean up what may now be the biggest spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico.

Study will look at oil spill's effect on whales

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:32 EDT

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Tags, tissue samples and sound are among methods being used on a scientific cruise to study the Gulf of Mexico oil spill's effects on whales and other endangered animals.

Is BP rejecting skimmers to save money on Gulf oil cleanup?

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:32 EDT

Investment banker Fred D. McCallister of Dallas says he's been trying since June 5 to offer a dozen Greek skimming vessels from a client to BP for the cleanup. BP says no. McCallister thinks the answer is that by letting the oil sink on its own, BP can stretch out the cost of the cleanup for years.

Gulf's coastal wetlands surviving despite oil

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:22 EDT

BELLE CHASE, La. -- From a seaplane 1,000 feet above Louisiana's coastal wetlands, the places hit hardest by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are easy to spot - dark slashes marring a vast expanse of marshes and bayous.

Little spent on oil spill cleanup technology

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:31 EDT

ON BARATARIA BAY, La. -- While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea, relatively little money and research have gone into finding new, improved ways to respond to oil spills in deepsea conditions like those in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil slick expected to take its toll on dolphins in Gulf

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:08 EDT

For now, desperate oily pelicans are the gut-wrenching image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Tropical system could spread oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:29 EDT

It would normally be considered your garden-variety tropical disturbance, plodding through the Caribbean, except for one thing – it holds potential to strengthen into a tropical storm and churn into the BP oil spill.

Day 65 updates on BP oil spill: Two workers die

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:43 EDT

The Coast Guard reported two people involved in the clean-up effort died on Wednesday. This report changes the number of fatalities to 13.

Best hope to stop spill? Relief wells, but they're tricky

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:11 EDT

The last, best hope of stopping the oil that's gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is two "relief wells" that are being drilled, but they won't be finished until August.

Senate approves plan to send BP fines to Gulf restoration

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:38 EDT

The Senate approved a highway bill Wednesday that includes a long-sought provision for the Gulf Coast: A guarantee that 80 percent of the fines collected from the April 2010 BP oil spill — an amount that could reach $20 billion — would be distributed for coastal restoration to the five states along the Gulf of Mexico: Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Alabama.

Restore Act measure to boost BP cleanup could receive vote today

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:47 EST

The House is expected to vote later today on an amendment pushed by Gulf State lawmakers to dedicate 80 percent of the fines collected from the BP oil spill to a trust fund for coastal restoration of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.

Restore Act measure to boost BP cleanup passes House

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:16 EST

The House approved an amendment Thursday pushed by Gulf State lawmakers to dedicate 80 percent of the fines collected from the BP oil spill to a trust fund for coastal restoration of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.

Cuba shows U.S. its response plans in case of oil spill

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:09 EST

As Cuba prepares to embark on a new round of exploratory offshore drilling, U.S. officials are slightly more enlightened about the island nation's plans in the event of a catastrophic oil spill on the scale of last year's Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Decision expected on plug for BP's broken oil well

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:50 EDT

Officials could know by early Friday if BP's broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been sealed for good. An analysis of tests on the well done Thursday was scheduled to be completed within 24 hours, letting the federal government and BP PLC know if work last month that was meant to be temporary had the unexpected effect of permanently plugging the gusher.

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Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:53 EDT

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Ships ready to leave BP leaky well as storm brews

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:51 EDT

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Crew members aboard dozens of ships in the Gulf of Mexico prepared Thursday to evacuate as a tropical rainstorm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug BP's ruptured oil well to a near standstill.