Easy Answer: BP says the spill will cost it $32 billion and CEO Tony Hayward is out October 1….

The Dutch have some of the best oil spill clean-up technology in the world, and they've offered it to the U.S. to help with the BP oil spill — only to be told that their help is not necessary.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Krissy Clark about what BP's second quarter earnings report and the sale of $30 billion in assets means for the oil company.

BP earned $5 billion in the second quarter, a higher figure over this time last year. The company will now rope the profits into the overall loss.

It's rumored that Robert Dudley, a BP board member and part of the executive management team, will take over the CEO spot. He's an American, from the Gulf Coast even, but will that make a difference?

BP executives are meeting to discuss the fate of CEO Tony Hayward, who has been on thin ice for months for his handling of the Gulf oil crisis.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Krissy Clark about the interesting nomenclature of the oil industry. Doodlebugging, anyone?

Learning from the BP spill, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips are committing a quarter of a billion dollars each to construct a rapid response unit that could quickly move in place to collect leaking oil.

BP is selling some of its assets to pay Gulf spill clean-up costs at a speed surprising analysts.

British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with President Obama will likely be overshadowed by BP and the Gulf of Mexico.