GOLDEN MEADOW, La. (Reuters) - BP Plc pressed ahead with efforts to stop oil from continuing to spew from an offshore well that ruptured almost two weeks ago in the Gulf of Mexico off the U.S. coast as the British energy giant's shares fell further on Tuesday.
The oil company, under pressure from Washington to limit the damage, said it will try containing the crude with a massive metal, funnel-like structure. BP said it has offered the U.S. Gulf Coast states whose shores could be soiled with oil millions of dollars to move ahead with recovery projects.
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