BP: Crews lifting key device from Gulf face delay (AP)

BP emails reveal company veiling spill rate
On the same day that the Deepwater Horizon sank in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials were warning in an internal email conversation that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer...

Critical test not done on cement before blowout (AP)
AP - Halliburton Co. acknowledged that it skipped a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal BP's oil well before it blew out catastrophically in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tests warned of cement troubles before BP blowout (AP)
AP - Tests performed before the deadly blowout of BP's oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts about the cement used to seal the well, but the company and its cementing...

Relief well intersects blown-out BP well in Gulf (AP)
AP - A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said...

Relief well intersects blown-out BP well in Gulf (AP)
AP - The U.S government says a relief well has intersected BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.