BP oil

Nearly five months since the start of the massive BP oil spill, many questions are still unanswered. More than 200 million gallons of oil were released between April and August, and now a team of marine scientists thinks they know where a large portion of the oil from the BP spill has gone.

BP claims it stopped using oil dispersants more than a month ago, and stopped using a particularly toxic compound, Corexit 9527, back in May. So why is analytical chemist Bob Naman still finding evidence of it in the Gulf?

Mitsui Offshore Exploration and Anadarko Petroleum, BP's partners in the Deepwater Horizon well, now refuse to share in the liability for the Gulf oil spill, saying BP's gross negligence frees them from liability. But before the issue goes to arbitration, they're going to try to talk it out.

BP, responsible for the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is offering gas station owners who do business under its name between $50 million and $70 million in financial help.

Two days after rescinding an Obama administration moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a district court judge again rebuffs the government's attempts to ban drilling.

Tony Hayward's Ph.D. in geology didn't prepare him for dealing with the press. Still, since BP's Gulf oil spill began April 20, the famously gaffe-prone CEO has illustrated several key lessons in crisis PR management. Here are five of our favorites.

BP can compensate the family of a rig worker killed in the Deepwater Horizon explosion a mere $1,000, thanks to the outdated Death on the High Seas Act. Congress has vowed to change the law, but the cruise line industry won't make it easy.

By most estimates, the BP oil leak will be worse than the Exxon Valdez spill. Who is to blame, and more importantly, how can we prevent future disasters? Taking a clear-eyed look at the consumption demand that drives the oil business is a good start.