BP executive disagrees, says partners must "live up to their obligations"
BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives Wednesday at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama. A drilling partner of BP has put the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster squarely on that company's shoulders, and said that BP should foot the entire bill for the damage to the region.
From a report in The Guardian, from the United Kingdom:
Anadarko Petroleum, which owns a quarter of the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well, refused to accept any blame for the explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the US's worst environmental disaster.
The company's chairman and chief executive, Jim Hackett, said in a statement BP's actions probably amounted to "gross negligence or wilful misconduct."
BP's chief executive Tony Hayward, who was grilled about the disaster by Congress for seven hours on Thursday, said he "strongly disagreed" with the allegation and expected the firm's partners to "live up to their obligations."
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