Oil Spill Panel

BP Had Problems With Halliburton's Work Years Before Oil Spill

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Oil company BP had identified problems with work by its cement company long before the massive Gulf oil well blowout, which investi...

Oil Spill Report Prompts Democrats To Improve Regulation

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO and MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress pledged Tuesday to push for tougher regulation of offshore drilling and to make oil companies more financiall...

Gulf Oil Spill Could Spur Creation Of New Safety Agency

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The presidential panel investigating the massive Gulf oil spill will likely recommend to President Barack Obama next year new ways ...

Poor Management, Lack Of Safety Culture Led To Gulf Oil Spill

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO and SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — It wasn't just the botched technical decisions. BP and other companies' management, communication and overconfidence in dealing wit...

Panel: White House Blocked Release Of Worst-Case Scenario For Gulf Oil Spill

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become a...

Spill Panel: Transocean Thwarts Efforts To Get Critical Documents And Witness

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

METAIRIE, La. — Members of a federal panel investigating the cause of the Gulf of Mexico rig explosion and oil spill accused rig owner Transocea...

Gulf Oil Spill: Obama Gives Oil Spill Commission Orders, Demands Thorough Probe

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama gave the leaders of an independent commission investigating the Gulf oil spill marching orders Tuesday to th...