GALVESTON — About a dozen tar balls that washed ashore on Crystal Beach were identified Monday as oil from the BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the first evidence that oil from the spill ...

Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were confirmed Monday as the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.

Tar balls from the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history continue to soil the Gulf Coast two years later, ... the BP tar balls are 80 percent sand and break up easily.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say test results have confirmed tar balls from the massive Gulf oil spill have been found on a second Texas beach. Chief Warrant Officer Lionel Bryant said Tuesday that ...

Three Years After the BP Spill, Tar Balls and Oil Sheen Blight Gulf Coast The rest of the U.S. may have moved on, but along the coast where oil drifted to shore, residents are still waiting for ...

Texas Tar Ball Mystery: Most Not From BP Spill By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI & JUAN A. LOZANO • Published July 9, 2010 • Updated on July 9, 2010 at 5:00 pm BOOKMARKER ...

HOUSTON – Test results have confirmed tar balls found on a second Texas beach are from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, U.S. Coast Guard officials said ...

Tar balls from the gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were confirmed Monday as the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the gulf states. A Coast ...

To date, BP has received some 110,000 ideas to improve oil collection and clean up as well as engineering, said Bob Dudley, BP's new man in charge of the oil spill, in a recent PBS interview.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year's BP spill isn't breaking down as quickly as ...

GULF SHORES, AL (WSFA) - The BP oil spill was the worst oil spill in U.S. History. Eleven people died and more than 200 million gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater ...