The former head of BP PLC's (BP) program to combat corrosion in its Alaska pipelines invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions when brought before a House subommittee. Lawmakers also rebuked two other senior company executives for maintenance neglect that led to leads and the closure of key pipelines last month, according to this WashingtonPost.com article.
BP's North American and Alaskan operations top executives were grilled under otath about the why they failed to prevent a leak that spilled 210,000 gallons of crude oil on the northern Alaskan tundra.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton was quoted in the article to say, "If a company -- one of the world's most successful oil companies -- can't do the basic maintenance needed to keep Prudhoe Bay's oil field operating safely and without interruption, maybe it shouldn't be operating the pipeline."
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