HOUSTON — If BP's Macondo well blowout happened today, oil companies say they would be far better prepared to respond than they were a year ago. One reason why sits in an out-of-the-way ...

Taylor Energy Co. sued the US Coast Guard and Timmy Couvillion to stop an effort to contain its 14-year Gulf oil spill. Success was their revenge.

In fact, some localities mandate a secondary containment structure for an outdoor oil-storage tank to prevent spills and leaks that could attract rodents. Moreover, ...

A drill ship resumed siphoning off oil gushing from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after a bolt of lightning struck the vessel and ignited a fire that halted containment efforts ...

Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer, said the response is the largest oil spill containment operation in history, with more than 1,000 workers and 76 vessels.

The Coast Guard says responders have limited the spread of the spill in Kingsbury Run 'through the use of boom and other ...

DENVER — Crews are still working to mitigate a “containment issue” at a Chevron oil and gas facility northeast of Greeley that has led to 12 people evacuated and a school closure, as well as ...

While crews worked to recover the vessel from Pere Marquette Lake, they said a leak of oil or fuel was seen coming from the vessel. The amount was reportedly beyond the capacity of the absorbent ...

While crews worked to recover the vessel from Pere Marquette Lake, they said a leak of oil or fuel was seen coming from the vessel. The amount was reportedly beyond the capacity of the absorbent ...

While crews worked to recover the vessel from Pere Marquette Lake, they said a leak of oil or fuel was seen coming from the vessel. The amount was reportedly beyond the capacity of the absorbent ...