Head of BP rejects taking blame

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles —
In a dramatic confrontation with angry members of Congress, a subdued and contrite BP chief Tony Hayward said Thursday that he was "deeply sorry" for the 59-day-old oil spill that continues to despoil the gulf and pledged that "we will make this right."

But in a long day of tough bipartisan questioning, Hayward did little to quell the ire of lawmakers, and he infuriated several by declining to respond to a congressional committee's findings that BP took shortcuts to save time and money on a well that was behind schedule. He repeatedly said BP would not accept or assign blame for the April 20 well blowout until the investigations were complete.

Asked about the decisions to use what congressional investigators have called a risky well-casing plan, to not conduct a time-consuming test of the well's cement job and to not use a "lockdown sleeve" device that "would have prevented the seal at the wellhead from being blown out," Hayward responded: "I can't answer because I wasn't there," "I don't know" and "I'm afraid I don't know that either."

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BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward appeared contrite during a congressional hearing in Washington. (Alex Wong, Getty Images / June 16, 2010)

[Skittles]

1. I am not sure who was more nauseating

that piece of crap BP chief or our Congress drilling (pun intended) on the guy for political points

[hayu_lol]

2. Well, the blame rests either on Tony...

or god(lol). I'll go with Tony since we can reach him and he was the guy who said"just do it." Sent John Guide out to do his dirtywork.