ADEM boss says cleanup crews ‘still losing the battle’ against Gulf oil spill (with video)
DAUPHIN ISLAND — More than 2 million gallons of oil are skimmed, burned or collected from the site of BP PLC’s busted well every day, but cleanup crews are “still losing the battle,” according to Bruce Freeman, chief of the office of emergency response at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. Read more on Mobile Press-Register
BP’s Spill Fund a Billion Shakedown, Barton Says (Update4)
June 17 (Bloomberg) — Representative Joe Barton , a Texas Republican, said a fund BP Plc agreed to establish after meeting with President Barack Obama yesterday amounted to “a billion shakedown.” Read more on Bloomberg
Anadarko, Mitsui Should Pay Share BP Spill Claims, Markey Says
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Mitsui & Co., partners with BP Plc in the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well, should set aside money to pay a share of claims tied to the spill, U.S. Representative Edward Markey said today. Read more on BusinessWeek
At spill hearing, BP CEO says he’s ‘deeply sorry’
Chastened by heavy criticism from lawmakers, a grim-faced BP chief executive Tony Hayward said Thursday he was “deeply sorry” for his company’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News
In a preview of a NewsHour/NPR interview, Deepwater Horizon survivor Christopher Choy describes his view on a statement he was asked to sign after the rig disaster. Video Rating: 5 / 5
BP CEO says he wasn’t in the loop
Chastened by heavy criticism, a grim-faced BP chief executive Tony Hayward insisted today he was “devastated with this accident” in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on Chicago Tribune
Crude oil – Orange Beach, AL 1 Image by BP America
BP chief Hayward says he is devastated by oil spill, understands anger
WASHINGTON – 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. Read more on Kitchener – Waterloo Record
BP Well Leaking Up to 60,000 Barrels a Day, U.S. Says (Update1)
BP Plc’s well in the Gulf of Mexico is gushing as much as 60,000 barrels of oil a day, the government said, raising for the fifth time an official estimate that had begun at 1,000 barrels a day in April. Read more on BusinessWeek
BP Well Gushing as Much as 60,000 Barrels Oil a Day, U.S. Says
June 16 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc ’s well in the Gulf of Mexico is gushing as much as 60,000 barrels of oil a day, the government said yesterday, again increasing a figure officials put at 1,000 barrels more than seven weeks ago. Read more on Bloomberg
BP executive says US cannot do without Gulf oil
WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of BP America is telling Congress that despite the catastrophic oil spill, the U.S. cannot do without oil from the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on WXVT 15 Greenville
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