All week, U.S. federal agencies have been evaluating an unprecedented use of oil dispersants: to break up crude spewing from the seafloor. BP won preliminary approval to try them in limited tests ...
The U.S. government on Monday ordered BP to cut its use of chemical dispersants by 50% to 75%, but stopped short of forcing the oil company to use a less toxic alternative to break up oil gushing from ...
HOUSTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday ordered BP Plc. <BP.L> to "significantly scale back" its use of chemical dispersants to fight a giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the ...