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Hurricane

Oil Found in La. After Isaac from BP Spill

Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill.

Business

BP Sells Gulf Assets to Cover Blowout Costs

BP is selling some deep-water assets in the Gulf of Mexico for $5.55 billionto cover the cost of its oil well blowout in the Gulf two years ago.

Oil Spill

BP Agrees to Relax Claim Requirements

BP has agreed to relax several documentation requirements regarding the submission of claims filed after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

National

Ala. Tar Balls from 2010 BP Disaster

The material is from the BP well and certain chemicals in the tar have barely broken down,

Oil Spill

BP Hit With Record Fine in Gulf Oil Disaster

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history, totaling billions of dollars.

Oil Spill

BP Lawyers: Workers are Scapegoats

Attorneys for the highest-ranking BP employees aboard the Deepwater Horizon vowed to fight charges.

Environment

High-Stakes Trial Begins About 2010 Gulf Oil Disaster

The trial will figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the nation's worst offshore oil spill.

Oil Spill

Halliburton to Plead Guilty for Destroying Evidence

Halliburton has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Oil Spill

Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence

A federal judge accepted a misdemeanor plea agreement from Halliburton Energy Services for destroying evidence after BP's 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

National

Federal Gulf Oil Spill Trial Resumes

Billions of dollars are at stake as the federal trial resumes over the 2010 disaster.