Scientists are aware of the dramatic environmental impact the oil slick is having on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. In addition to killing wildlife on the surface, in protected areas, and starving areas in the …

Not so long ago — at least, in geological time — many in the oil game thought the Gulf of Mexico was tapped out. Financiers called it “the Dead Sea.” Nearly a century of production had run its course. Well …

(Updates with vessels back at site in first paragraph. For more on the Gulf of Mexico spill, see {SPILL }.) July 25 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc’s vessels are back at the well site in the Gulf of Mexico …

Even if the well that is spewing crude recklessly into the Gulf of Mexico were capped tomorrow, the damage is already done. Hundreds of thousands of animals are going to die. The fishing industry will be devastated for a …

The initial forty hour watch on a temporary cap on the well in the Gulf of Mexico appeared to be working, but now there are reports of a seep and possible methane seen near BP’s busted oil well. An official spoke to The …

A carefully fitted cap over a geyser spilling oil from a well into the Gulf of Mexico has stopped the flow of BP oil. It took 85 days to come up with this temporary solution. Engineers are closely monitoring the capped …

67 WALL STREET, New York – July 15, 2010 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Investing in Energy and Other Investing Strategies Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and …

A cap designed to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico appears to be working. At a Wednesday night press conference a BP executive told reporters that the valve on the top portion of the cap was shut, stopping …

Natural cracks in the earth release considerable oil and natural gas into the world’s oceans. How do these natural leaks compare with the gusher that resulted from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling …

More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one — not industry, not government — is checking to see if …