London , England ( CNN ) -- No final decision had been made regarding whether embattled CEO Tony Hayward will leave BP , the company said in a statement Monday morning . `` BP notes the press speculation over the weekend regarding potential changes to management and the charge for the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill . BP confirms that no final decision has been made on these matters , '' the statement said . The statement , which did not mention Hayward by name , said `` any decisions will be announced as appropriate , '' noting that BP 's board would meet Monday night ahead of the announcement of its second quarter earnings . Despite widespread media reports that Hayward was on the verge of leaving , BP said Sunday that he still had the company 's support . `` Tony Hayward remains our chief executive and has the full support of the board and senior management , '' company spokesman Mark Salt told CNN . Hayward has been in the crosshairs of criticism over his handling of the underwater oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico ever since the BP-contracted Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in April , killing 11 people and creating the worst oil spill in U.S. history . Some of his public comments about the disaster have sparked outrage in the United States . In May , in the course of apologizing for the spill , Hayward added , `` There 's no one who wants this over more than I do . I would like my life back . '' And he played down the size of the spill in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian , saying the amount of oil spilled at that point was `` relatively tiny '' in comparison to the `` very big ocean . '' He received a largely bipartisan pounding during an appearance before a congressional committee in June . And when the committee 's leading Republican apologized to the BP boss for what he called the Obama administration 's `` shakedown '' of the company , swift criticism spurred him to walk back his remarks . BP , rig owner Transocean and oilfield services contractor Halliburton have blamed each other for the disaster , which is under investigation by numerous federal agencies and Congress . British media , The Wall Street Journal and The New York times reported Sunday that Hayward could be out as soon as Monday . The BBC reported that Hayward was `` negotiating the terms of his exit , with a formal announcement likely within 24 hours . '' It did not cite a source . The New York Times reported late Sunday that BP 's board was expected to name its most senior American executive , Robert Dudley , as its chief executive on Monday , citing a source close to the board . Hayward was pulled off day-to-day leadership of the cleanup operation in June in favor of Dudley . British newspapers said an announcement regarding Hayward would come by Tuesday , when the company is due to report half-year results . They also did not name sources , while the New York-based Journal cited `` people familiar with the matter . '' BP has been working with federal and state authorities in the Gulf region since the spill began , but officials there professed little insight into the reports . New Orleans , Louisiana , Mayor Mitch Landrieu noted that people responded negatively to Hayward 's `` initial foray '' into the dealing with the now three-month-old spill , but he said the city welcomes any leader the company puts in place . `` It 's not necessarily important who the person is , but with BP 's ultimate attitude in restoring the damage that they have caused , '' Landrieu told reporters after an aerial tour of the area Sunday . `` So we welcome a positive attitude and a constructive attitude from BP , and we hope , in the future , that we get it . '' And Rep. Ed Markey , one of the company 's leading critics on Capitol Hill , said the Gulf will spend years recovering from Hayward 's `` failed leadership . '' `` The new leaders of BP will have an uphill climb to correct the legacy left by Hayward , indelibly inked by the disaster in the Gulf , '' Markey , D-Massachusetts , said in a written statement on the reported-but-still-unconfirmed ouster . The disaster has sent BP 's stock price plunging . Meanwhile , U.S. senators want to question Hayward about whether BP was involved in the release from prison of Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi , the Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people . Hayward , who has been with the company for 28 years , became chief executive in 2007 . Experts told CNN in June that Hayward will probably not get a lucrative package of bonus money and stock awards that many U.S. companies give to outgoing CEOs as so-called golden parachutes . `` He will be lucky to get a single year 's salary , '' said Paul Hodgson , a senior researcher at The Corporate Library , a governance group . `` And even that could be mitigated in certain circumstances . '' His compensation package -- including salary and bonuses -- was worth 3.158 million British pounds ( $ 4.87 million ) , according to the company 's 2009 annual report . He 's also due an annual pension of 584,000 pounds ( $ 901,000 ) . Additionally , he held more than 535,000 shares in the company as of December 31 , which would currently be worth about 212 millon pounds ( about $ 327 million ) .
Hayward says despite media speculation , no decisions have been made about CEO . The company 's board is scheduled to meet years morning . Gulf has been in the crosshairs of criticism since the beginning of the Gulf oil gusher . Congressman says the Gulf will spend Monday recovering from Hayward 's `` failed leadership ''