This morning, BP reported that the static kill procedure was working so far as the mud pumped into the blown out well was holding back the oil. The company will monitor the situation to ensure the ...

Energy giant BP began pumping mud Tuesday into the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as part of efforts to seal it off for good. In a statement, the company said the "static kill" procedure ...

COVINGTON, La. -- BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a maneuver known as a "top kill" that has never before ...

BP has begun its “top kill” procedure to plug the massive Gulf of Mexico oil leak and is broadcasting a live video of the procedure online. The procedure will attempt to plug the leak with heavy ...

COVINGTON, La. (AP) - BP was still running tests and expected to decide Wednesday morning if it will go ahead with an effort to choke off its oil gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by ...

ROBERT, La. -- As BP labored for a second day Thursday to choke off the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, dire new government estimates showed the disaster has easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez ...

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) said Wednesday it has started the procedure to test the integrity of a new system for collecting oil gushing out of a broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP ...

BP (NYSE:BP) -1.3% pre-market Tuesday after saying Q4 results will be hurt by lower oil and gas production, refining margins and trading, while also delaying its investor day due to a planned medical ...

BP CEO says "top kill" procedure is going "pretty well." May 28, 2010— -- The Obama administration today said BP's efforts to contain the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico are working, but that the ...

(Updates with additional details about oil flow from well head in fourth and fifth paragraphs) By Cassandra Sweet DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) said Wednesday it has started the procedure to ...