Senate Holds Hearing On BP Alaska Pipeline Failure

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Ret. Vice Admiral Thomas Barrett, Department of Transportation administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; BP Exploration Alaska President Steve Marshall; BP American President and Chairman Robert Malone testifiy; BP Vice President and Chief Economist Peter Davies; Kevin Hostler, president and CEO of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company; and Peter Van Tuyn testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources about the recent BP pipeline failure in the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska, on Capitol Hill September 12, 2006 in Washington, DC. Malone and Marshall took full responsibility for the pipeline failure and outlined what they planned to do in the future to prevent accidents in the field. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)