U.S. criticized the head of BP, Tony Hayward, to go to a race while continuing to discharge.
The chief of staff of the White House, Rahm Emanuel, criticized on Sunday the CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, to attend a race as he dumped thousands of barrels of oil a day in the Gulf of Mexico. "I think we can come to the conclusion that Tony Hayward will not have a second career as a public relations specialist. This adds to a long, tera gold, list of mistakes," Emanuel said in an interview with ABC television network. The U.S. senior official asserted that the photos of Hayward on his yacht as "a big mistake", but stressed that beyond the public relations problem how important are measures to cover up the spill, clean the oil and compensate people affected. Hayward's assistance to the annual race around the Isle of Wight,, ffxiv gil, where his yacht competed "Bob", has also generated criticism from Republicans. "It's the height of arrogance," said Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, one of the states to which the oil slick reached by the oil spill that pollutes the water since last April 20.
"That boat should be here getting oil and cleaning," says a Republican Senator this weekend, "That boat should be here, tera gold, getting oil and cleaning," Shelby said in an interview Saturday on the Fox The company has indicated that treatment the first day of rest Hayward has taken since the explosion of oil exploration platform. Some Republicans have dnded BP, a position which, according to Emanuel is a political gift to Democrats. During a hearing last Thursday, the ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee of the House, Joe Barton, said the White House had "blackmailed" by requiring the company to create a fund of 20,000 million dollars (16 300 million) for victims of the spill. "That was not a political mistake, those were the comments that (Barton) had prepared in writing," said Emanuel, who said that Republicans "see BP as the injured party, not the fishermen." Barton has apologized for his remarks, but Emanuel recalled that the Republican candidate for Senate from Kentucky, Rand Paul, has said Obama's criticism of BP are somewhat "anti-American." Emanuel asserted that this position reflects the "philosophy" of the opposition party in the U.S. and it would be "dangerous" if the Republicans regain power in Washington and Barton is the chairman of the Energy Committee. In November legislative elections were held in the United States in renewing the entire House of Representatives and one third of the Senate.
100,000 barrels per day
With regard to the quantity of discharge, an internal document of the company BP also reported Sunday by a U.S. Democrat lawmaker shows that in the worst case is dumped 100,000 barrels of oil a day by the oil well operated by the waters Gulf of Mexico, a much larger amount than estimated so far. "From the beginning, BP has lied or is completely incompetent. First said that it was only 1,000 barrels, after 5,000 barrels and are now at 100,000 barrels," said Ed Markey, chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the House In an interview with the channel "NBC." It was he who issued the document, two pagesand undated, which explains that in the most adverse scenario the well could shed 100,000 barrels a day, when they met two months now the explosion of a platform for exploration that left open a hole in the ocean floor laying sheds crude oil spill which has already reached the coasts of the United States.
Some 50.ooo million
Moreover, BP is working on a secret plan to collect 50,000 million dollars to cover the costs of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to The Sunday Times publishes. The company wants to collect those 50,000 million dollars, more than double the amount previously announced, to ensure that there will be sufficient capital to meet claims arising from the spill and to reassure markets on its financial strength.