The ban means BP will not be able to receive government contracts, loans or grants — at least for a while.

After agreeing to pay the U.S. government $4.5 billion to settle criminal charges stemming from the Gulf oil spill, BP could face even higher civil penalties. Is such grave punishment in the government's best interest?

BP to pay $4.5 billion to settle criminal charges related to Deepwater Horizon. But what does it mean when a company is a felon?

British oil giant BP could face a record fine for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

The National Academy of Engineering is recommending that oil and gas companies spend millions on a modified blowout preventer. This is the $45 million device that failed and caused the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

A former BP engineer has been arrested and charged with intentionally destroying evidence related to how much oil was spilling from the company's broken well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

2010's Gulf oil spill put almost 5 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Where did it all go?

A new book explores how BP's management led to Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, and whether it could happen again.

The "trial of the century" has been postponed for one week, and the oil giant seems to be scrambling to quickly settle out-of-court.

BP and other companies involved in the Gulf oil spill could face over $50 billion in damages.