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Almost three-quarters of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico has been cleaned up or broken down by natural forces, the US government says.
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BP has started the “static kill” of its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico oil well, a step towards sealing it permanently.
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BP says it plans to plug its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, after conducting tests to see whether the “static kill” will work.
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The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ships involved in the effort to secure the Gulf of Mexico blown-out oil well are preparing to resume work after a tropical storm weakens.
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Dozens of ships are ordered to leave the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as Tropical Storm Bonnie gathers pace.
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Seepages on the sea floor near the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well may be unrelated to the well itself, the government’s incident commander says.
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US officials fear oil may be seeping from the ocean floor near the stricken Gulf of Mexico well, and order BP to submit a plan to lessen wellhead pressure.
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BP says it is encouraged by the first test data following its stoppage of the oil from its leaking Gulf of Mexico well.
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BP says it will start to test its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as soon as a new rupture on the cap has been fixed.
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BP says it is making progress with its efforts to replace a containment cap on the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Underwater robots successfully remove a leaking cap as BP tries again to halt the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
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Russian Mir submersibles would be able to cap the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the captain of one of the vessels has said.
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Scientists announce plans to protect sea turtle nests and eggs from potential impacts of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP refits a cap containing oil gushing from the ruptured Gulf of Mexico well after it is involved in an accident with a robot.
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BP’s gaffe-prone boss Tony Hayward is under fire for taking time off sailing instead of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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In scathing questioning, US congressmen tell BP chief Tony Hayward his firm ignored oil well dangers in the Gulf of Mexico.
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US President Barack Obama says the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will have the same impact on the US psyche as 9/11.
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BP’s latest bid to cap a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is now capturing more than half the estimated leak, it tells the BBC.
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Oil firm BP says it has reached an “important milestone” in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill.
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Oil from the Gulf of Mexico is seen off the coast of Florida, as the latest effort to cap the well continues.
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Oil firm BP begins preparations for a new attempt to cap the huge flow of oil from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the worst environmental disaster the United States has faced, a senior official says.
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BP has “fallen short” in providing information about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US government says.
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The first oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has reached a powerful current that could drag it to Florida, European scientists say.
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US President Barack Obama will set up a commission to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, officials say.
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The US says the success of a move by BP to curb a leak in the Gulf of Mexico is “not clear” and the technique is “no solution”.
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Debris made up of golf balls and rubber tyres may be used to try to stem the Gulf of Mexico oil slick, BP officials say.
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