Anadarko’s full statement here: http://www.anadarko.com/Investor/Pages/NewsReleases/NewsReleases.aspx?release-id=1439839. They clearly have an axe to grind, and are laying the groundwork, preparing the battlefield to establish “gross negligence/willful misconduct”, which they must to avoid financial responsibility for the clean-up. OTOH, this statement has some real bite to it, in a way that has been excised over successive edits in most corporate releases. I get the feeling that there are [I]a lot[/I] of highly P.O.'d senior executives in the industry; Tuesday started to show that.
WSJ has a long, above-the-fold page 1 article ripping BP for using the long string method on Macondo 1, in preference to liner - tieback. Can’t link to it, it’s behind the Murdoch paywall.
BTW, it remains to be seen if Hayward is losing his job or any real responsibilities or any real $$. See http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a088e02c-7b0e-11df-8935-00144feabdc0.html. It looks more like the Svanberg or the BP board pulled Hayward out of the U.S., sent him back to 1 St. James Square, and is now going to be shoving Bob Dudley (who looks to be in charge of the response already) in front of the camera, with stern instructions to avoid comments about small people, short people or little people. The good news, from: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/us/19spill.html?dbk is that Carl-Henric says “…that is why you will now see more of me.”