On May 14 , 2010 , President Barack Obama said in an interview with CNN that " you had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else " when referring to the congressional hearings held during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill . " The American people could not have been impressed with that display , and I certainly was n't . " According to Tim Probert , executive vice president of Halliburton , " Halliburton , as a service provider to the well owner , is contractually bound to comply with the well owner 's instructions "
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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