Oil Spill Stopped

• US says BP well is finally 'dead'

  The US government declared BP's Macondo oil well dead on Sunday, nearly five months after the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico began."We can finally announce that the Macondo 252 well is effectively dead," Thad W Allen, the former Coast Guard admiral who leads the federal spill response, said in a statement. The well, he said, "poses no...

• Mumbai oil spill stops but environmental threat remains

  The oil slick off Mumbai coast is a serious worry and the government is trying its best to contain the damage, that's what Maharashtra Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan told NDTV, as an environmental disaster threatens the Maharashtra coast. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick)After Saturday's ship collision, the oil slick off the Mumbai Harbour has been spr...

• Oil leak off Mumbai coast has stopped: Coast Guard sources

  In a big relief, two days after two ships collided off the coast of Mumbai, Coast Guard authorities have said the oil leak from the MSC Chitra has now been plugged. But the oil already in the sea along the Mumbai coast line will take a month to clear, according to environmental authorities and is still a serious worry. Meanwhile, the government is ...

• BP begins attempt to seal oil leak with new procedure

  The procedure involves pumping thousands of pounds of heavy fluids into a five-story stack of pipes in an effort to clog the well and stop the torrent of oil.