Containment Cap

Gulf Oil Spill: BP To Keep Cap Closed Until Relief Well Is Complete

AP | COLLEEN LONG and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW ORLEANS — BP hopes to keep using its giant stopper to block oil from reaching the Gulf of Mexico until they plug the blown out well permanen...

Government Awakens from Coma: Forces BP to Contain the Well

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert L. Cavnar

For the last 81 days, I've been watching the government, perpetually 2 steps behind BP, fail time after time to keep BP honest, or even understand the...

BP's Incentive: To Not Capture All the Oil

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert L. Cavnar

While they have every incentive to get the well killed, BP also has every incentive to not capture 100% of the well flow until they do. As soon as they do, then a real, measurable spill number will be in front of the public.

Oil Containment Cap BACK ON After Accident

Posted 05.25.2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A cap was back in place on BP's broken oil well after a deep-sea blunder forced crews to temporarily remove what has been the mos...

Coast Guard: Containment Cap Showing Progress Over Last 24 Hours

Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man heading the Obama administration's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico said Tuesday that a new-installed contai...

BP CEO Tony Hayward: The Containment Cap Is Working

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW ORLEANS — A device that's now sucking up significant amounts of the oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico offered a measure of o...