BP, Transocean 'talk Macondo'

Macondo: BP and Transocean have held talks 'at CEO level'

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By News Wires

 25 May 2011 17:27 GMT

Transocean has had high-level talks with BP about last year's Macondo well disaster, for which it believes BP is responsible for the damages, an executive said.

Asked about last week's deal between well operator BP and well co-owner Mitsui, Transocean chief financial officer Ricardo Rosa said its relationship as a BP contractor was different, and one should not compare "apples and pears", Reuters reported.

"This being said, we have had contacts at CEO level with BP," Rosa said in a webcast presentation Tuesday at the UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference in Austin, Texas, describing those talks as "constructive".

"We would be foolish to discard any opportunity that may arise, so we keep an open mind," Rosa added.

Rosa…

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