Topic: Thad Allen

'Top cap' on BP oil spill not tight enough as crude keeps spewing

Undersea video coverage Thursday night showed engineers lowering a 'top cap' over a severed riser pipe at the bottom of the Gulf to contain BP oil spill. The company hopes to contain 90 percent of the geyser.
06/04/2010 10:18 am

Obama and BP: Still on the same team in Gulf oil spill clean-up?

The Obama administration has sought to distance itself from BP this week, repeatedly criticizing BP for its efforts in the Gulf oil spill clean-up. But behind the scenes, cooperation continues.
06/03/2010 08:11 pm

BP live feed 'spillcam' now offers 12 views of oil spill

Already an Internet phenomenon, the BP live feed – which helped galvanize public concern about the Gulf oil spill – has broadened its offerings. On display Thursday: BP is attempting a 'top cap.'
06/03/2010 04:01 pm

BP oil spill: Next step is to attach a giant garden-hose seal

BP succeeded in making a 'rough cut' of the riser pipe at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Next up is moving a cap with a garden-hose-type rubber seal over the pipe. How tight that seal is will determine if the BP oil spill is mostly capped.
06/03/2010 02:08 pm

Oil spill clean-up: BP to start funneling oil and gas to surface after cutting pipe

The US Coast Guard announced Thursday that, as a part of the oil spill clean-up, BP will start to funnel oil and gas to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after successfully cutting a leaking oil pipe on the sea floor.
06/03/2010 02:03 pm

BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf oil spill

The next chance for stopping the Gulf oil spill won't come until two relief wells meant to plug the reservoir for good are finished in August.
06/03/2010 12:17 pm

Once again, BP experiment in Gulf spill hits snag, beaches unprotected by oil containment booms

BP CEO says BP and its oil containment booms had been successful in keeping most of the oil away from the eastern coast.
06/03/2010 10:59 am

BP oil spill spreads toward Pensacola, as wildlife toll rises

The BP oil spill is moving eastward, threatening beaches like Pensacola, Fla., as oil balls wash ashore and Gulf animals die at unusually high rates.
06/02/2010 05:30 pm

Thunderstorms, stuck saw stall BP oil spill cleanup, containment

Efforts to curb the effects of the worst oil spill in US history have hit multiple snags.
06/02/2010 04:17 pm

Effort to cut and cap Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw

Engineers may have to bring in a second saw to finish the cut-and-cap operation.
06/02/2010 01:48 pm

BP oil spill: Undersea lumberjack gets saw snagged in pipe

Unmanned deep-sea subs at the BP oil spill are attempting a crucial cut of the 'riser' pipe. But like rookie lumberjacks, they've jammed the diamond-wire saw.
06/02/2010 01:23 pm

BP oil spill: Will the 'sweeping arm system' from the Dutch help?

The Dutch government is supplying six sweeping arm systems for the BP oil spill. The technology involves a skimmer that picks up oil and water and then separates the two.
06/01/2010 09:00 pm

BP oil spill could make Gulf hurricane season 'devastating'

Forecasters expect an active hurricane season, raising concern that a storm could push more of the BP oil spill ashore. The Gulf's biggest hurricanes are generally later in the season, however.
06/01/2010 06:47 pm

BP 'top kill' falters: Macondo well keeps spewing oil into the Gulf

It will take 7 years for the oil deposit below the Deepwater Horizon well to empty if left alone. On Saturday, BP acknowledged it may abandon its best chance so far to cork the well: the 'top kill'.
05/29/2010 05:39 pm

'Top kill' to stop Gulf oil spill in 'very critical' stage: US official

Coast Guard's Thad Allen says Friday through Saturday morning is a pivotal time for the top kill procedure, which aims to cap the well feeding the Gulf oil spill. President Obama, in Louisiana, says he is tripling the clean-up manpower in areas where oil is on shore.
05/28/2010 05:48 pm

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The BP 'top kill' live feed: The armchair explorer's guide

BP's attempt to cork the Deepwater Horizon well is being streamed live on the Web. But what's really going on in the BP 'top kill' live feed?
05/27/2010 07:47 pm

BP oil spill update: Smooth sailing for 'top kill,' MMS director ousted

Even after the leaking well is permanently sealed, the Deepwater Horizon drama won't be anywhere near over. Just in Thursday's BP oil spill update, the MMS director is out, the spill is resized, and hearings proliferate on Capitol Hill.
05/27/2010 06:52 pm

President Obama: Government is in charge of oil disaster response

President Obama announced a series of new steps to deal with the aftermath of the spill.
05/27/2010 03:12 pm

Gulf oil spill now bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster

The Exxon Valdez disaster caused 11 million gallons of oil to leak into Prince William sound. BP's Gulf oil spill may have leaked 39 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico.
05/27/2010 02:10 pm

Scientists watching where oil spill headed next - unrelated tar balls found in the Florida Keys

The Gushing oil well could cause damage from Louisiana to the Florida Keys
05/19/2010 11:06 am

Offshore drilling disaster: Have past oil spills foretold the current BP oil spill?

Officials never anticipated an offshore drilling accident on the scale seen off Louisiana and responders didn't conduct exercises for an oil spill so far out and so deep.
05/07/2010 11:01 am

Current timeline to shut down Gulf of Mexico oil spill: three months

Federal officials gave a sobering appraisal of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Sunday, with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar saying 'ultimate relief' was 90 days away.
05/02/2010 04:58 pm

With Katrina comparisons inevitable, Obama plans oil spill visit

Experts say the brunt of criticism for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should fall on BP, the British oil giant. But President Obama's decision to visit the area soon is an indicator of potential political fall-out from what some say was a slow federal response.
05/01/2010 10:56 am

In Pictures Louisiana oil spill