Adm. Thad Allen called Monday for creation of a independent third party to oversee containment and cleanup of future spills
'Nightmare well' is dead, but Gulf challenges live on - AP
Federal officials declared Sunday that the well where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded had finally been killed. Workers drilled a relief well into the damaged one and drove a cement stake deep into its oily, black heart
White House blame-watchdog, anti-Palin group get govt Gulf work - AP
The contracts were among hundreds reviewed by The Associated Press as the government begins to provide an early glimpse at federal spending since the Gulf disaster in April.
Obama gives personal assurances of Gulf's safety - AP
The President took his daughter Sasha for a swim in the Gulf waters that have absorbed 200 million gallons of oil since an offshore rig exploded in Apri
Relief well to be completed in gulf - NYT
Although tests of BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico appear to show that it is fully sealed
BP's broken oil well not dead yet - AP
Feds say well’s not dead yet, more drilling needed
BP names American Bob Dudley CEO, loses $17 billion - AP
Dudley will become CEO on Oct. 1 and try to salvage the company’s reputation and investments in the United States
Oil spill work on hold as Tropical Storm Bonnie approaches - AP
Work to permanently choke off the oil well was at a standstill Friday after ships around the site were ordered to evacuate
Oil cap kept shut despite seep near ruptured well - AP
Late Sunday, Thad Allen said a seep was detected near the ruptured oil well and demanded that BP step up monitoring of the ocean floor
BP says cap on Gulf well still holding in oil - AP
Engineers decided Saturday to extend a two-day trial run by one day
Battling The Blob from Coast Guard's command post - AP
The spilling may have stopped at least for now, but their work goes on
Scientists get another day to study Gulf spill cap - AP
Engineers kept vigil Saturday over the cap holding back oil from BP’s busted Gulf well, their eyes glued to monitors in a faraway control room
First foreign allies now this: Obama restricts media from covering BP
To tell you the truth, this should not be surprising to anyone. Despite being practically in his pocket, Obama has become known for consistently restricting the press
BP: Oil no longer leaking into the Gulf - AP
For the first time in months, oil has ceased the flow into the Gulf of Mexico
Feds say new cap could contain Gulf leak by Monday - AP
Hope for a permanent solution remains with two relief wells intended to plug it completely far beneath the seafloor
Feds say new cap could contain Gulf leak by Monday - AP
he BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of the crisis said Friday
Pressure prods Feds to improve oil cleanup
But will the new-found urgency extend to the largest help that’s been offered so far—namely the giant A Whale tanker ship that its Taiwanese owners have equipped to collect 500,000 barrels of oil per day—250 times the capacity of most vessels now being used to skim oil from the Gulf?
More oil gushing into Gulf after problem with cap - AP
Tens of thousands of gallons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped into the cap that had been containing some of the crude
Florida official: Obama did nothing but cause traffic jams - The Daily Caller
Obama’s Florida Gulf Coast visit didn’t do anything ‘except cause a lot of traffic,’ according to Pensacola official