Exxon, Oil Companies Slammed for ‘Carbon-Copy’ Plans
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Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips, Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are as ill-prepared as BP Plc to halt and clean up an offshore oil spill because they all use “carbon copy” disaster plans, lawmakers said.
Eight weeks after a drilling rig leased by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and triggering the worst spill in U.S. history, executives from the companies sought at a House Energy Committee hearing to distance themselves from BP’s practices that lawmakers said put profits before safety.