Top BP executives including CEO Tony Hayward face public grilling after the US presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill decided to hold hearings in affected states, reports the FT. Bill Reilly, co-chair of the commission, acknowledged concerns that the hearings, to begin July 12 at a 500-seat venue in New Orleans, could become like a public trial, but said that local residents must be heard.

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