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 ...

With the newly installed cap keeping oil out of the Gulf, this weekend offered a chance for the oil company and government to gloat over their shared success -- the first real victory in fighting the ...

NEW ORLEANS -- BP's broken well was leaking oil and gas again Monday for the first time since the company capped it last week, but the Obama administration's spill chief said it was no cause for alarm ...

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 ...