NEW ORLEANS BP said Sunday that it had made progress toward installing a new cap that could contain all of the oil spewing from its out-of-control well in the Gulf of Mexico, and that a flotilla of ...

HOUSTON, July 12 -- BP PLC, operator of the runaway Macondo well, removed the lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap over the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blowout preventer and was installing ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - After securing a new, tight-fitting cap on top of the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP prepared Tuesday to begin tests to see if it will hold and stop fresh oil from polluting ...

Despite reports yesterday evening that pressure testing of the well had begun, BP announced this morning that a hydraulic leak in the new cap prevented the company from fully closing it. The test was ...

NEW ORLEANS With BP making progress in attaching a new cap on a runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, the company prepared on Monday to test whether the gusher could be stopped completely. Doug Suttles, ...