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Crews in Gulf of Mexico Begin 'Static Kill' Procedure
(Aug. 3) -- BP began pumping mud and cement into its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico late this afternoon as part of a "static kill" procedure, a final step in permanently stopping the flow of oil. ...
Gulf Oil Spill Health Survey Finds Illness, Anxiety Among Residents
(Aug. 3) -- Three months and counting after the BP oil spill first began ravaging their surroundings and wreaking havoc on employment, food safety and day-to-day decisions, Gulf Coast residents are ...
Political Cartoons in the Age of Oil Spills and Obama
(Aug. 3) -- America is a very polarizing place these days, and while that is frustrating for some people, it's giving editorial cartoonists like Daryl Cagle a lot to draw upon. "Things are crazy, ...
BP: Upcoming 'Kill' Attempt Might Do the Trick Alone
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 2) -- After insisting for months that a pair of costly relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials said Monday they ...
New Threat Looms for Gulf Seafood as Waters Reopen
(Aug. 2) -- Gulf seafood is safe to eat. With the well capped and the much-dissected static kill set to start, that's the message the Food and Drug Administration and the National Oceanic and ...
Gulf Oil Spill Update: Fishing Resumes in Pensacola, Dispersant Concerns Linger
(Aug. 2) -- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced Monday that state waters in the Pensacola region of Florida are now reopened to commercial fishing of finfish and ...
BP Preparing Two-Step Effort to Plug Gulf Well
(Aug. 2) -- BP will start slowly injecting mud into its broken well within hours, a test designed to ensure that conditions are right for a "static kill" procedure that officials hope will be the ...
Static Kill, the Movie: Video Breaks Down Much-Anticipated Oil Spill Operation
(Aug. 2) -- It's being touted as the possible "beginning of the end" for the gulf oil spill. But how exactly does a "static kill" work? The short answer: by pouring dense drilling mud into the ...
Crews Ready 'Static Kill' Effort to Plug Leaking Well
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 2) -- Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the ...
BP Experts: Everything You Know About Oil Spill Is Wrong
(Aug. 1) -- With engineers ever closer to finally stopping the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some experts who have been hired by BP as response consultants shared with AOL News their view ...
BP Under Fire for Allegedly Using Too Much Dispersant
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 1) -- BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as environmental officials defended themselves Sunday against assertions they allowed the ...
Storm Debris Delays Plans to Kill Gulf Oil Well
(July 31) - More than a week after remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie swept over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, she's still managing to wreak havoc on efforts to finally plug BP's runaway oil ...
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