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BP sues Halliburton for full costs of 2010 spill

Jan 3, 2012
In the lawsuit, BP holds Halliburton responsible for the failure of a cement lid placed over the blown out deepwater oil well, and thus the entire cleanup for the incident.

BP seeks to blame Halliburton for oil spill

Jan 3, 2012
British oil giant BP has filed court papers demanding the Houston-based firm Halliburton pay billions of dollars in clean-up and compensation costs for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

MIDDAY UPDATE: BP oil spill, toning shoes, and the Recession Generation

Jan 6, 2011
A series of cost cutting tactics and management failures by BP and other companies, including Halliburton, are to blame for the Gulf oil spill...

MID-DAY UPDATE: GDP is up, cement gets the blame and Fox loses younger viewers

Oct 29, 2010
The U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 2 percent clip, somewhat less than analysts were expecting. On the election ballot in San Francisco --...

Update on the BP oil spill

Sep 15, 2010
This final note -- two, really, about the oil spill in the Gulf. First, retired Admiral Thad Allen said today the well will finally be killed, once...

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How does the new Michigan oil spill compare to the spill in the Gulf of Mexico?

Jul 28, 2010
A broken oil pipeline discovered Monday near Marshal, Mich., is estimated to have spilled about 19,500 barrels of oil--or more than 800,000 gallo...

BP: Gulf oil gusher is plugged, wait and see

Jul 15, 2010
A screengrab of the live video feed from 5,000 feet under the gulf of Mexico shows clear waters, for now. BP said Thursday that it has stopped t...