Stopping the Oil Leak: BP Faces Credibility Crisis

After BP couldn't kill what it now calls "the beast" -- the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico -- the company is facing a credibility problem. Is there any reason to believe it can achieve its next proposed solution, capping the well?
After Another Failure, BP Scrambles to Stem Leak


"I have no confidence whatsoever in BP. I think that they do not know what they are doing," Rep. Edward Markey said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."

The Massachusetts Democrat has been one of the biggest critics of the oil company, which on Saturday admitted its high stakes "top kill" operation was a failure. Unable to stop the flow, BP is going to try again to contain the spill by lowering a cap over the well after they cut off the leaking pipe.

Markey said he is skeptical.

"BP has been making it up as they go along the whole way. They have not been prepared. They do not know for sure what the result is going to be of anything which they are doing," he said.