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BP chief awaiting fury of senators
BP chief executive Tony Hayward is awaiting the fury of US senators in Washington over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, despite scrapping dividends and setting up a 20 billion dollar (£13.5 billion) compensation fund.
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BP chief ‘devastated’ by oil spill
BP chief executive Tony Hayward says he has been “personally devastated” by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and understands the anger Americans feel toward him and his company.
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BP chief won’t quit over Gulf of Mexico spill
Associated Press – June 6, 2010 7:14 AM ET LONDON (AP) – BP PLC chief executive Tony Hayward says he won’t step down over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-06 12:10 REFILE-UPDATE1-BP chief hopes cap will capture most of Gulf oil
LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) – BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward told Britain’s BBC television a containment cap fitted onto a leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico was capturing a large proportion of the oil and he hoped the vast majority would be under control soon. Hayward, the subject of speculation that he may be forced out of his position due to the political fallout from the environmental disaster …
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BP chief admits ‘not prepared’ for oil rig spill
BP chief executive Tony Hayward admitted in comments that the oil giant had not been prepared for a deepwater leak, as its latest bid to contain the Gulf of Mexico spill hit a snag. “What is undoubtedly true is that we did not have the tools you would want in…
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Former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman: BP oil spill a ‘teachable moment’
Whitman, president of the Whitman Strategy Group, co-chairs the Republican Leadership Council.
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Chief Obama, Seeing Smoke, Didn’t Buy Fire Truck: Kevin Hassett
While fault for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico clearly belongs to private entities, chief among them BP Plc and Transocean Ltd., responsibility for the resulting damage is shared by an incompetent government. More than one presidential administration deserves blame, but the lion’s share goes to President Barack Obama’s.
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Dome Failed BP Chief Doug Speaks on Oil Platform Spill Cleanup BREAKING NEWS Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 4 Million Gallons BP Chief Doug Suttles on Oil Platform Spill Cleanup US Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles, MMS Regional Director of the Gulf of Mexico Region Lars Herbst brief the media about the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill and answer questions from the media. Part 3 of 3. Oilspill10 Video Courtesy DOD
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Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and David Bender discuss the political, economic, and environmental impacts of the BP oil spill that is currently pumping an estimated 200000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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EPA Chief Goes to Louisiana as BP Battles Oil Spill (Update1)
May 23 (Bloomberg) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will visit Louisiana today as the government continues to monitor BP Plc’s use of chemicals to try to stem the effect of oil leaking from a Gulf of Mexico well.
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