Showing posts with label Deepwater Horizon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deepwater Horizon. Show all posts

Thursday, June 17, 2010

BP Chief: From Oil 'Ninja' to Congressional Hot Seat


BP CEO Tony Hayward, the energy company executive who has become the face of the mammoth Gulf of Mexico oil spill, is expected to face a tough grilling by Congress today.

In a letter to Hayward earlier this week, Committee of Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif ., and Rep. Bart Stupak , D-Mich., said an investigation by the committee had found that before the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, "BP appears to have made multiple decisions for economic reasons that increased the danger of a catastrophic well failure."

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

James Cameron joins oil slick task force

Movie maker James Cameron has worked to resolve problems, seeking a way to stop the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The "Avatar" and "Titanic" director, deep sea diving pioneer, has reportedly joined the Think Tank meetings held in an attempt to close the gap in exploded Deepwater Horizon Rich.