In his testimony before a US Senate investigative panel on the BP oils spill disaster in June, BP CEO Tony Hayward answered multiple questions with, “ I didn’t know anything about that.”
However, amid his stonewalling testimony, Hayward did manage to admit that the drilling mud used in the top kill attempt in May was, "Water-based with no toxicity at all.”
That statement, as it turns out - was not true.
Congressman Ed Markey revealed that a BP official recently confirmed that the top kill drilling mud contained lye and ethylene glycol - both toxic. According to NBC News, “ BP used tens of thousands of barrels to try to close the gusher back in May. Most if not all of that drilling mud went into the Gulf.”
Oil Industry expert Bob Cavnar told MSNBC that someone who has been in the oil business for as long as Hayward has, had to know about the mud’s toxicity. With BP’s confirmation that it was indeed toxic, Hayward has now been exposed as possibly having committed perjury before the Senate inquiry committee.
After yesterday’s announcement that Hayward will be stepping down from his position as BP’s CEO and reassigned to a hostile operations location in Siberia, the company may be throwing Hayward under the bus with a vengeance.
Tampa residents, along with others on the Gulf Coast, have long suspected that BP has been instrumental in creating a media blackout to hide issues of public safety, with decisions based more on protecting stockholders. Despite those efforts, on July 26th, BP announced a $16.9 million dollar second quarter loss to their shareholders, due in large part, to mishandling by Hayward in the Gulf oil spill disaster.
Video: Hayward testimony exposed as untrue.
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Biggest mistake was the removal of Tony Hayward from his position without let him to find a solution to the rig disaster. He is an intelligent geologist he knows about the oil patch formation and he will be able to fix the problem but too much pressure and government level legal threat may trigger the problem to the worst side. BP has worked according to the government pressure and trying to protect the BP stock market. Now everybody is trying to use BP's earning for their advantage and crush the BP reputation to thrive the technology competition
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