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U.S. House takes up oil spill legislation that would remove $75 million cap

July 30, 2010

WASHINGTON — The House has begun debate on a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a $75 million cap on economic liability for oil spills. View full size (Press-Register/Bill Starling) Bob Dudley, CEO of BP’s Gulf Coast…

BP hires James Lee Witt, former FEMA director, to help coastal communities in wake of oil spill

July 30, 2010

BP PLC announced today that it has hired Witt Associates — named for CEO James Lee Witt, the former FEMA director — to support BP's work to restore Gulf Coast communities in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil and gas spill in the Gulf of Mexico. View full …