A major new piece of equipment designed to combat oil flowing from a subsea blowout in UK waters was unveiled on Tuesday by UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry. Hendry joined Jim House, managing ...

NEW ORLEANS – BP could have ended its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sooner if it had built a capping stack before the 2010 blowout of its well off the coast of Louisiana, a company executive ...

The UK Oil Spill Prevention and Response and Advisory Group (OSPRAG) is to commission the design of a capping device that has the potential to help contain any oil spill off the coast of the UK.

The construction of the contingency device follows recommendations by the Oil Spill Prevention & Response Advisory Group, which was set up by the industry, regulators and unions following the blow-out ...