HOUSTON — A Houston company says it has developed a system ready to respond to oil spills worldwide using concepts engineered for the Gulf of Mexico after last year's BP disaster. Wild Well Control, a ...

HOUSTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc is putting finishing touches on a system of vessels and equipment that could be used in a rapid response to a future deepwater oil spill in ...

“The interim system can operate in water depths up to 8,000 feet and has storage and processing capacity for up to 60,000 barrels per day of liquids. The capping stack has a maximum operating pressure ...

A group of oil companies led by Exxon said Thursday it has built a system that can stop an undersea oil spill within weeks, a critical step toward resuming drilling in the deepest parts of the Gulf of ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 15-- ExxonMobil Corp., on behalf of Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC), awarded a front-end engineering design contract to Technip for containment equipment to be used on wells in as ...

ON BARATARIA BAY, La. -- A containment cap that sucked some of the oil from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico offered a small sign of progress for a region that has seen its wildlife coated in a ...

HOUSTON, May 5-- One of three oil leaks from a deepwater well feeding an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was stopped, and a subsea containment system was en route to the well, BP PLC reported May 5.

Low levels of hydrocarbons in Wayne County water, state senator says CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Additional testing of the ...

Helix Energy Solutions Group is putting finishing touches on a system of vessels and equipment that could be used in a rapid response to a future deep-water oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WWL-TV)— Highly anticipated and controversial cleanup operations will begin this week at a 15-year-long oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Wednesday. A Taylor ...

PORT FOURCHON, La. -- A ship carrying a 100-ton containment box is heading to an oil leak site in the Gulf of Mexico to try to cover the flow of crude and funnel it to a tanker. The ship was on its ...