The two oil firms at the centre of the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will attempt to blame each other for the disaster when they go before a US Senate hearing today.
Lamar McKay, president of BP America Inc, Steven Newman, president of the drilling company Transocean Ltd and Tim Probert, a senior executive at Halliburton Co, will face intense questioning before two Senate committees.
BP is expected to tell the Senate that the spill was due to the failure of Transocean’s safety equipment designed to close off the flow of oil in case of sudden pressure change, according to US media reports.