BP Oil Spill Gulf Coverage

Huge Oil Plumes Found Under Gulf as BP Struggles | ABC News

Oil from a blown-out well is forming huge underwater plumes as much as 10 miles long below the visible slick in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists said as BP wrestled for a third day Sunday with its latest contraption for slowing the nearly month-old gusher.

Less Toxic Dispersants Lose Out in BP Oil Spill Cleanup | NY Times

BP PLC continues to stockpile and deploy oil-dispersing chemicals manufactured by a company with which it shares close ties, even though other U.S. EPA-approved alternatives have been shown to be far less toxic and, in some cases, nearly twice as effective.

Oil spill imperils an unseen world at the bottom of the gulf | Washington Post

In total darkness at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico lives a creature with many scuttling legs and two wiggling antennae that jut from a pinched, space-alien face. It is the isopod, Bathynomus giganteus, a scavenger of dead and rotten flesh on the mud floor of the gulf.

BP oil spill: And a child shall lead them | Miami Herald

An absolutely true news item: British Petroleum says it is considering a plan to plug the main leak on the sunken Deepwater Horizon oil rig by shooting it full of shredded car tires, old golf balls and knotted ropes.

Rig Workers Made to Sign Statements after Blast | CBS News

Workers aboard an exploding offshore drilling platform were told to sign statements denying they were hurt or witnessed the blast that rocked the rig, killed 11 and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the ocean, their attorneys said Tuesday.

Central Command Turns To Twitter To Solve The Gulf Oil Spill. Uh Oh. | Tech Crunch

...BP and several other organizations working on the spill are apparently running out of ideas. And they’re turning to Twitter, according to gCaptain.