Government's Thad Allen says BP 'very close' to stopping oil once and for all. July 12, 2010— -- BP has successfully lowered a new containment cap onto its leaking well, its latest attempt to ...

(Reuters) - BP Plc has placed a containment cap with a seal on jagged remnants of a pipe at the wellhead of an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The move is part of an effort to contain most of the leak ...

New measure is supposed to allow ships to capture all the oil gushing in the Gulf. In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC, the new containment cap is lowered toward the oil spill in the ...

Oil may hit shores for months -- 464 turtles dead since spill's start. July 13, 2010— -- As BP begins to test the new cap that the company hopes will finally contain its gushing leak in the Gulf ...

The containment cap that was removed early Wednesday due to a collision with an underwater robot has been replaced and is now capturing oil once again.

Some scientists are taking issue with BP's statement that a containment cap placed over a gushing well could be capturing "the vast majority" of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. They suggest it's ...

NEW ORLEANS - A containment cap was capturing more and more of the crude pouring from a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but that bit of hope was tempered Sunday by a sharp dose of pragmatism ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc.'s containment cap over its stricken Gulf of Mexico well is collecting about 1,000 barrels per day, the top U.S. official overseeing the cleanup effort said on Friday. A top ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As officials reported a gradual increase in the amount of oil being captured from the spewing wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP PLC said Monday that it plans next ...

The federal official leading the Gulf oil spill cleanup said Friday a new containment cap and an additional ship collecting oil could effectively contain the spill in the next three days. The work to ...

NEW ORLEANS -- A containment cap was capturing more of the crude pouring from a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but that bit of hope was tempered Sunday by a sharp dose of pragmatism as the ...