NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and began testing the new, tighter-fitting cap Wednesday that could finally choke off the oil leak in the Gulf ...

* Test to continue for another six hours -Coast Guard * Coast Guard tells BP to step up monitoring of well (Updates with Coast Guard briefing) By Kristen Hays HOUSTON, July 16 (Reuters) - A critical ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc expected to start testing its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well by midday on Tuesday to see how it would handle a "static kill" intended to help plug the leak for good, the top U ...

BP has started testing a cap designed to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in almost three months. Kent Wells, a senior vice president in the company, said at a Wednesday ...

NEW ORLEANS -- BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and began testing the new, tighter-fitting cap Wednesday that could finally choke off the oil leak in the Gulf of ...