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BP's Hayward Relinquishing Duties on US Oil Spill

   VOA News 19 June 2010
   BP  chief Tony Hayward speaking before a House committee in Washington
   Thursday

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   BP  chief Tony Hayward speaking before a House committee in Washington
   Thursday

   BP's  chairman  says  Chief  Executive  Officer  Tony  Hayward will be
   handing over the company's oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico to
   Managing Director Robert Dudley, an American citizen.
   Chairman  Carl-Henric Svanberg made the comment Friday in an interview
   with  Britain's  Sky  News.   Dudley  is a member of the BP board and
   recently  had  been  appointed  to  run  the  British  energy  giant's
   newly-created disaster management unit.
   In  a  related  development, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a part owner of
   the  stricken  well  gushing  oil  into the Gulf, Friday accused BP of
   "reckless  decisions"  and actions that led to the well's explosion in
   April.   The  company said BP's behavior and actions likely represent
   gross negligence or willful misconduct.
   BP said it "strongly disagrees" with the allegations. Â
   Meanwhile,  U.S.  Coast  Guard  Admiral  Thad  Allen said BP contained
   25,000  barrels of oil Thursday from the ruptured well. That is almost
   10,000  more  barrels  than  had  been  captured in a previous 24-hour
   period.
   Allen  said  between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels of oil are leaking from
   the well every day.
   In  the  Republican weekly address Saturday, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker
   of  the  southern  state  of  Mississippi  criticized President Barack
   Obama's response to the oil spill.
   Wicker says Mr. Obama took responsibility for the disaster too slowly,
   and  that  many  of  his  actions  have  taken  the  U.S. in the wrong
   direction.

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