Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Oil Execs To Face Senate For First Spill Hearings Tuesday

Justin Elliott | May 10, 2010, 6:23PM

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig

On Tuesday officials from some of the major companies involved in the Gulf oil spill will face senators for the first in a long series of congressional hearings.

First up, at 10 a.m. ET, the presidents of BP and Transocean, the rig owner, as well as a top official with cementing services provider Halliburton, will appear before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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