Reporting from Atlanta and Washington — Weeks before the Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil company BP and subcontractor Halliburton were aware of test results showing that the cement mixture designed ...

The presidential commission studying the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released new details on Thursday. The findings indicate tests that Halliburton conducted before the BP spill show the cement that ...

Engineers have developed a new test that can predict the durability of cement in seconds to minutes -- rather than the hours it takes using current methods. The test measures the behavior of water ...

Whether drivers understand the engineering behind it or not, it is fair to say that most people would be able to recognize the steel barrier system. Often posted as ever-present guards for our on and ...

Laboratory tests of cement and additives closely resembling what BP PLC used in its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico strongly suggest that the mixture was unstable, the chief counsel for US ...