American Morning
BP names new point man to handle oil disaster
(CNN) – Bob Dudley may just have the toughest job in America right now. He's the managing director of BP and he's just been tapped to lead a new and permanent Gulf of Mexico oil disaster organization. Dudley was appointed president and chief executive officer of BP's Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, BP said in a statement.
Dudley said the new organization was designed to enable BP to push more of the company's resources toward the overall recovery effort and to make sure the claims process is transferred smoothly to Kenneth Feinberg, the independent director of BP's $20 billion compensation fund.
"Meantime, we'll continue to write the checks, pay the claims and make sure that we're there for a long time, many years, not only after the well is stopped, but the clean-up," Dudley told CNN's American Morning. "This is the first step." Watch 
About this Show
Welcome to the American Morning blog where you can get daily news updates from American Morning's reporters and producers. Join us for "the most news in the morning," weekdays from 6-9 a.m. ET, only on CNN.
On Twitter
After spending the day laughing at Congress, Tony Hayward goes yacht sailing, while the poor people in the Gulf can't go sailing because the water is full of BP oil.
The solution is very simple: Let's have Sir Tony live on the oil rig until the well is capped. Then to raise money for all the injured people, we can have a lottery betting on how many hours (not days) it will take to close the well. Problem solved!
I ask Mr Dudley, If BP hasnt got a solution to stop the spill by now, How do they plan to stop it?. If they have no solution for it. Call me please, lets save our ocean & land, I do have a fix for it & I assure you it will prevent oil spill to water & will do the job for sure. I just need your, BP,s "Go Ahead" & please had I informed BP before. No one is taking my word seriously. My fix will save all spilling oil. Its design-build cost is reasonable & it will safely separate gasses from the oil. Also, once installed the oil extraction can continue longer if wanted. Furthermore, my solution may help save the future of deep drilling for oil. BELIEVE. IT. This is not a hobby for me I do engineering, 20+yrs. I ask CNN to relate my question to BP's decision making people.
I just want to know if bp is done with trying to stop or slow down the well? Just because they have this small cap getting a small amount of oil, are they going to set back and watch for the next month and a half? They have a chance here to find a way to stop this, in case it ever happens again. Is bp trying to save money again, or are they clueless? Someone needs to ask bp what they are going to trying next?
I'm not real bright here or anything, but why don't they use a huge conical top shaped design with a hole through the center as a plug. The oil would desperse around the cone as it was lowered instead of all ove the place with a containment cap. Weld rings around the cone and rings around the riser on the sea floor. As the cone is lowered then attach adjustable cables to the rings on the cone and on the riser, The hole mentioned previousy would be left open for the hole to flow through as it was lowered relieving the pressure. This hole then could be used to attach a connection to draw oil to the surface. As the cone plug is lowered in place draw the adjustable cables tighter and tighter until the well is sealed, A connection can then be fitted to the top of the cone where the hole was and oil can be salvaged to a surrace ship and the well is plugged. Done!
Thanks
By the way. I am a music store owner that was a high scholl dropout. Not a rocket scientist. This situation is ridicuolous and embarrasing....
Liane, you are right we are behind. Only buy hybrids and don't wait for the oil or car companies to tell us when. We control the market. If it is not a hybrid, don't buy it. The government and corporations will get our message. The local utility company in Missouri, AmerenUE is raising our rates 20 %, the ceo's bonus was 396,000, yes bonus, and they want this money just in case. Yes I said just in case so they don't have to borrow money if they need it. I was suprised to see only about 100 people at the meeting to speak out against this useless tax hike.
Cnn come to missouri to figure this one out.
Why can't they put a funnel upside down over the leak and then attach a hose to the end and the oil will go right into a tanker? No more oil leak....
My first car, 35 years ago, was moved by ethanol. My country of origin is Brazil and it declares oil independence 5 year ago. Please note that Brazil is a 3rd world country. Humm...
Today all brazilian cars are hybrid.
If we don't star right NOW when all of our cars will be oil independent and the countru will be oil free? 30 years from now?????
Good Mornig CNN,
So, this new "spin doctor" will make us all feel better?
I don't trust anything that company has to do or say!
Why, should they care?, it not like they live here.
They are profit driven company that survives by donating funds to our politicians to grease the road when it gets sticky for them so they just do what they want with no inspections,regulations or enforcement at all.
It seems our president preaches less blame placing and name calling and more talk about working together towards solutions and getting results. but the oil rig exploded shortly after he began talk about revealing John McCain and the Republicans and the tactics they use to defeat any progress that he and congress as a whole would make, (strictly to weaken his presidency and the democratic party). The stories of his and Dick Chaneys ties to the oil companies and the length they would go, eirily fall into place. We really hate to believe conspiracy therories like this but when John McCain days before the explosion jokes on "Meet The Press" about the loyalty of his supporters and what they would do for him followed by the most sinister laugh i ever heard. It is a scary thought that one of the most respected republicans would sacrifice lives as well as the gulf coast just for some political pissing contest.
It is a tragedy for every living thing that has faced this nightmare. The greed of mankind and it's need for oil and money is ruining the beaches, the gulf and it's living creatures. BP I am sure the Queen would not be allowing this in her backyard so stay out of ours!
How is he going to stop this oil leak any better than any other jackass that has killed off the Gulf, my home, my living, my love.