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Energy company BP grappled with containing a massive oil leak on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as officials prepared to open investigations Tuesday into the cause and long-term political affects of the spill.

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) chairman R.S. Sharma Thursday said the BP oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico has become a "game changer" for the hydrocarbon industry and will sharply increase insurance costs.

US President Barack Obama will hold his first meeting next week with top officials from oil giant BP, the White House said Friday, as government scientists said the worst oil spill in US history could be nearly twice as bad as previously thought.

US President Barack Obama Wednesday formally threw his weight behind moves in Congress to increase the liability of oil companies for expenses and damages after oil spills.

Oil rig or oil tanker accidents are behind the worst offshore oil spills in history, including the tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. Offshore-technology.com profiles the world's biggest oil spill disasters based on the volume of oil released.

The massive oil spill that has already washed up on southern Louisiana's coastline has now spread east to the shores of Mississippi and Alabama, government officials said Wednesday.

US President Barack Obama Monday said that several months would be required to bring the environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico under control.

The British government is concerned that criticism towards energy company BP for its failure to curb the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may hamper the country's relationship with the US.

US President Barack Obama extended a moratorium on new deepwater offshore drilling Thursday as oil giant BP's critical top-kill operation had likely temporarily stopped an oil leak that has already created the worst oil spill in US history.

British oil company BP was trying to raise an extra $50 billion to cover the cost of the devastating oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the weekly Sunday Times reported Sunday.

US stocks fell Tuesday after oil giant BP declared that its most promising effort yet to cap an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had failed.

It is vital to respect the environment when it comes to construction. This means disposing waste in an effective manner that reduces our impact on the environment, as well as means to clean up spills and prevent environmental harm when things go wrong - like oil spills or workplace accidents. ProjectLink directory is one-stop shop, offers a range of environmental products suppliers including bins, industrial absorbent, water and oil leak detector, gas alarm systems and more.

Oil spills in the Baltic Sea have continued to drop off in recent years as a result of various authoritative measures, revised legislation and improved aerial and satellite surveillance. Ross Davies takes a closer look at the region's success story Some years back, the Baltic Sea had something of a reputation as being a cradle for oil spills.The figures speak for themselves.

The US government is preparing for a months-long disaster in the Gulf of Mexico after the latest attempt by oil giant BP to plug a gushing well were declared a failure.

We round up the most innovative oil spill recovery technologies including a chemically modified nanocellulose sponge from Switzerland's Empa, new research into bacteria from the University of East Anglia, and other technological and theoretical breakthroughs. Rod James investigates.