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Culture of our domestic oil and gas producers, as we can see they havent had the kind of problems youve had with cutting corners on safety. they have a lot of redundancies, contingency plans. i venture to say that this may not have happened if one of these other companies was operating that rig. would you say that would be true? >> i dont think i can make that judgment. >> do you think the other companies have different or stricter or stricter guidelines with their safety and spend more money on...

People accountable. who are we going to hold accountable here? >> weve engaged in a systematic change at bp over the last three years. we have begun to change the culture. im not denying that there isnt more to do, but we have made dramatic changes in the people we have in our organization, the skills and capabilities they have. weve invested heavily into that. weve changed significantly the processes that we use to manage our operations and, most importantly perhaps, weve made safe, reliable op...

Now, you said theres a team with the best minds in the world working on how to stop the oil spill. where were the best minds in your company? you and other senior officials, i think this was a fundamental mistake in management. do you think there was a fundamental mistake in management not to know? >> i think, as i said, weve made it very clear that the focus in the company is on safety. what management can do is ensure that the right people with the right skills are in place. the right systems ...

Deep water horizon and other disasters like the refinery explosion in texas city, texas, and the alaskan oil pipeline spill? >> i think weve acknowledged in 2005 in 2006 that we had serious issues. as a consequence, we set out to implement systematic change in bp. i set the tone from the top by saying very clearly, safe, reliable operations were with our number one priority. weve invested billions of dollars in the integrity of our plant. weve recruited many thousands of engineers and technologi...

That. >> mms isnt going to help mr. hayward answer the questions. he has to answer the questions himself. >> i would just submit that the depth of knowledge -- >> were in recess until 2:00. >> any 1 of us could do his job. >> well, youre seeing there thebathe back-and-forth going on between bart stupak, the chairman of this committee, and the republican there, michael burgess, who is a republican from texas. it does seem like congressman burgess would like to make sure that -- hes calling the go...

The disaster the resources minister approved a new oil lease for the very company involved in the montara spill. even permits have gone out as the well continued to gush at montara. >> we have no intention of putting a moratorium on drilling in place. >> reporter: resources and energy minister martin ferguson announced dozens of new sites for offshore oil exploration including deepwater locations. for australia he says the demand for energy and jobs outweighs the environmental risks. >> not retu...

Processes for individuals and businesses hurting right now. >> the controversial b.p. c.e.o. tony hayward reportedly plans to tell congress he is personally devastated by the oil spill. hes said a lot thus far. the associated press has obtained a copy of tony haywards prepared statement ahead of his appearance at a congressional hearing tomorrow. in that testimony, tony hayward is to discuss aprils explosion and oil rig sinking saying they never should have happened. and that he is deeply sorry ...

These minerals are located, suddenly it looks like the kurdish areas of iraq where the minerals seem concentrated in remote areas. theres a number of challenges. jill doughertys piece pointed to them. when we have to ensure the processes of government, there have been u.s. concerns over many years now about corruption. u.s. businesses can be prosecuted if they allow or feed that corruption, and so u.s. businesses will be very careful about what the processes are going in. theyll want to ensure t...

Money could take decades. the minerals lie in remote parts of the country. theres no real mining industry, or heavy transportation. then theres corruption. the state department says at least half of afghanistans current economy is illegal. mostly based on the opium trade. >> lets not underestimate this. this is going to be a long-term proposition. enit will be central to develop the effective processes of governments so that resources arent to the benefit of the few, theyre to the benefit of the...

It reaches the beaches, so were talking about treatment at the well site and treatment at the marshes. >> mike: thank you very much. joining us from new orleans, eco sphere. john, youve seen a lot of different possible solutions today. your professional in this field. evaluate for me, tell me, should we be turning these types of processes loose? >> oh, i dont think theres any doubt. the last one we talked about, the ozonics process, is a technique thats been used for a year and a half. its a com...