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So many ships working in a relatively small area could pose a safety risk. bp vice president doug suttles said the proposal yesterday quote -- of the proposal yesterday, this is significantly beyond both bp and industry practice. it risks a quote major surface accident. later today, bp executives will face accusations in congress that the energy giant caused the worst oil crisis in u.s. history with a calculated strategy to cut costs. it comes after newly released internal documents revealed tha...

To come up with a plan to collect more oil. they have this cap in place and they are able to collect some, i guess about 15,000 barrels a day, and so their plan is now to try to collect more, to enhance what theyre already doing. what they hope to be able to do is get three surface tankers in place by the end of the month to collect about 2 million gallons of oil a day, and they want to step that up to about four tankers by mid-july to collect some 3 million gallons of oil a day. now this is bey...

Beyond both bp and industry practice. with so many workers and ships in a small space, theres also a risk of a major surface accident. what is the timeline starting today, mara? >> this is in response to the obama administration over the weekend giving bp a 48-hour deadline to come up with a new plan to start collecting more oil. the administration wanted them to up that amount and that is in response to that. they are releasing information about the details of this plan to increase the amount o...