Obama administration spill chief says latest development in the Gulf is no cause for alarm. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen speaks Monday to the media about the BP oil spill in front of a line ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The cap on the blown-out well in the Gulf is capturing a half-million gallons a day, or anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of the oil spewing from the bottom of the sea, ...

New measure is supposed to allow ships to capture all the oil gushing in the Gulf. In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC, the new containment cap is lowered toward the oil spill in the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Scientists huddled Tuesday to analyze data from the ocean floor as they weigh whether a leaking well cap is a sign BP's broken oil well is buckling. Oil and gas started seeping ...

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 ...

National Incident Commander Thad Allen said a small leak near the top of BP's well cap did not seem like a big deal, and seepage detected nearly two miles from BP's blown out well appeared unrelated ...

The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of the crisis said Friday in some of the ...

BP will begin replacing the cap on its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico with a new one that has a tighter seal and could funnel all the oil spewing from the well to surface ships, the leader of the ...