WASHINGTON – Exxon Mobil will tell U.S. lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday on Congress, which BP’s oil rig Deepwater Horizon has operated outside the industry standard, leading to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. “This incident was a dramatic departure from the industry standard in deep water drilling represents,” ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson said in his written testimony on the House Energy and scheduled hearing Environment subcommittee on oil pollution and how America’s energy secure future.
Tillerson said the oil companies as well-designed offshore wells, built in layers of protective redundancy, well-inspected equipment and focused on safety, then incidents such as the current Gulf oil spill “may not occur.”
source:reuters
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