BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward asks members of the media to step back as he walks along Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., Monday, May 24, 2010. Hayward visited the beach to observe efforts to clean oil that washed ashore from last month's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
From left, outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg and incoming CEO Bob Dudley announce the naming of the new chief executive officer outside global headquarters in London on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** In a Thursday, June 17, 2010, photo, BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies during a House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward leaves the oil company's offices in London on Monday in the back of a car. He became the face of BP's failure to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and will step down in October. (Associated Press)
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BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward traveled to the United Arab Emirates on July 7, 2010, to meet with the company's "partners" amid speculation BP is trying to raise case to cover the cost of Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
In this file photo taken June 16, 2010, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington. BP PLC said Wednesday, June 23, 2010, that Mr. Dudley has been appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
The sun rises before the 5am start during the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, with The yacht "Bob" owned by BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, left, Saturday June 19, 2010, near Cowes, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. Spokeswoman Sheila Williams said Hayward took time off his duties handling the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico to see his boat participate in Saturday's race. (AP Photo/Chris Ison, PA)
BP CEO Tony Hayward is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010, prior to before testifying before the Energy and Environment subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
