BP to replace CEO Hayward with Robert Dudley, posts record $17 billion quarterly loss

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
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New BP chief’s priority is plugging blown well for good, cleaning and restoring Gulf of Mexico

President Barack Obama

Dudley’s path followed unusual turns from Mississippi childhood to become CEO of BP

Dudley’s path followed unusual turns to CEO of BP

US official: BP CEO Tony Hayward is out; American running spill response could be successor

Could American take over Britain’s BP?

NEW ORLEANS — The man overseeing the much-maligned response by BP PLC to the Gulf oil spill crisis is the likely choice to replace gaffe-prone Tony Hayward to run the company and would become the first American to ever head the oil giant.

Art vs. Oil Spill: Poets, painters, musicians find ways to protest, raise awareness and funds

Artists find ways to protest Gulf spill

NEW ORLEANS — Musician Shamarr Allen was flying back into Louis Armstrong International Airport when he got his first real glimpse of the BP oil spill. The words of CEO Tony Hayward’s TV spot — “To those affected and your families, I’m deeply sorry” — were ringing in his ears.

Some oil spill events from Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The White House
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Crews drilling deep into Gulf of Mexico to construct relief wells, stop gushing oil leak

Barack Obama (Waxwork)
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BP chief says he wasn’t in loop on oil rig decisions, drawing verbal onslaught from Congress

President Barack Obama

‘Shame on you’: BP chief pilloried by Congress; lawmakers seek oil spill answers, finding few

U.S. President Barack Obama

BP exec accused of ’stonewalling,’ repeatedly criticized at congressional hearing on spill

US President Barack Obama

BP exec accused of ‘kicking the can down the road;’ Denies ’stonewalling’ Congress on spill

US President Barack Obama

Some oil spill events from Thursday, June 17, 2010

Barack Obama (Waxwork)

Rep. Waxman accuses BP’s CEO Hayward of ’stonewalling’ inquiry into Gulf oil spill

Waxman accuses BP CEO of ’stonewalling’ on spill

BP CEO Hayward tells angry lawmakers he’s ‘deeply sorry’ during Gulf oil disaster hearing

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Lawmakers conffront BP CEO Tony Hayward during hearing on Gulf oil spill disaster

Lawmakers confront BP CEO over Gulf oil disaster

BP’s Hayward lectured sternly on Capitol Hill; Angry lawmakers interrogate CEO on spill

US President Barack Obama

Rep. Waxman: BP’s executives didn’t pay ‘the slightest attention to oil rig safety in Gulf

Waxman: BP execs paid no attention to well safety

Hostile reception from lawmakers expected for BP CEO who says he’s ‘devastated’ by oil spill

BP CEO tells Congress he’s ‘devastated’ by spill

Chilly reception from lawmakers expected for BP CEO who says he’s devastated by Gulf oil spill