The tropical storm plowing across the Gulf of Mexico could send oil skimmers back to port and make containment booms useless, even from far away. But the rough weather also ...

BP tankers are collecting more than 20,000 barrels of oil a day from a pipe leading down to the wellhead 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. “A storm with gale-force winds could move into a 2 ...

The storm is expected to reach hurricane status in the coming days, a BP official said Monday. The stepped-up collection effort involves pumping the oil from the well through a floating riser up ...