As oil slick spreads, BP works to put cap over well
Jun 2, 2010 North America, USA
BP early Wednesday used robot submarines and a complex maneuver to stop the massive flow of crude oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.Tags: Bp, Cap, Crude Oil, Gulf Of Mexico, Maneuver, Massive Flow, Oil Slick, Robot, Submarines
BP says will deploy small dome in next few days
May 13, 2010 North America, USA
HOUSTON/PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc on Thursday weighed a quick fix to contain a gusher of oil from its blown-out undersea well as a giant oil slick crept west across the Louisiana coast.Tags: Bp, Bp Plc, domesticNews, Few Days, Gusher, Louisiana Coast, Oil Slick, Port Fourchon Louisiana, Reuters
Italian oil slick reaches key farm center of Parma
Feb 25, 2010 World
ROME (AP) -- Sludge from an oil spill snaked down the Po River on Thursday to reach the province of Parma, raising fears that the home of Italy's famed prosciutto, parmesan cheese and other agricultural staples might be at risk of water contamination....Tags: Cheese, Fears, Italian Oil, Italy, Key Farm, Oil Slick, Oil Spill, Parma, Po River, Prosciutto, Risk, Rome, Sludge, Staples, Water Contamination
Plugging Australian oil leak could take weeks
Aug 23, 2009 World
PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Plugging a leak at an offshore drilling rig that has caused an oil slick off Australia will take weeks, the operator said Sunday, though officials said there was little threat of environmental damage....Tags: Australian Oil, Environmental Damage, Offshore Drilling Rig, Oil Leak, Oil Slick, Perth Australia
